Senior Product Security Engineer

Aurora Innovation
Mountain View, California$189k – $280kPosted 27 March 2026

Job Description

Who we are Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone. At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn . Aurora’s Product Security team’s mission is to discover, mitigate, and prevent security risks in the software, hardware, and services developed by Aurora. Our team is responsible for ensuring the secure design and implementation of secure technologies used by the Aurora Driver as well as continually improving the assurance levels of security across all of Aurora’s Products. This team is also responsible for developing, contributing and documenting security engineering processes and the resulting product security requirements used by the company. Additionally team members support and perform technical security assessments, threat modeling, security code reviews and vulnerability testing to highlight and document risks. This team works closely with engineers across Aurora as well as 3rd party partners to design and proactively integrate initiatives to enhance security across a wide variety of software or hardware domains and technology stacks. In this role you will: Provide consulting and advisory services to engineering teams heavily focused on automotive cybersecurity Work directly with engineering and non-engineering teams to drive improvements in internal processes, procedures and technical fundamentals through threat modeling and requirements development Develop, document, improve, implement and execute cybersecurity best practices and processes for autonomous vehicles across internal and external engineering partners Perform technical automotive cybersecurity assessments and reviews, research, uncover, and reproduce vulnerabilities, design secure protocols and systems, and write tests and fuzzers to drive architecture changes Assess the risks across the Aurora Driver Platform and prioritize high value components (software and/or hardware) for critical and high security vulnerabilities Conduct research to identify new and novel attack vectors against Aurora’s products and services Review, develop and document secure operational best practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and various internal and external partners Required Qualifications: Foundational knowledge of Automotive Cybersecurity (ISO21434/UNECE/NHTSA) Foundational knowledge of operating system security for Linux Foundational knowledge of the CWE Top 25 Develop, document and execute structured processes and procedures around automotive cybersecurity Ability to write proficiently in C++, Golang and Python Ability to assess software and/or hardware components with and without full knowledge Ability to work well with other assessment members and engineering partners Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences Experience in one or more of the following: risk assessment, threat modeling, incident and emergency response, OS hardening, vulnerability management, pentesting, offensive security or cryptographic protocols and concepts Experience in vulnerability discovery and analysis, design review, and code-level security reviews Experience in, and technical knowledge of security engineering, computer and network security, authentication and security protocols, and applied cryptography. Experience with assessment, development, implementation, and documentation of a comprehensive and broad set of security technologies and processes Desirable Qualifications: Relevant automotive cybersecurity work experience Relevant experience with Automotive Cybersecurity Frameworks (ISO21434/UNECE/NHTSA) Relevant wor ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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