Senior Staff Product Security Engineer

At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. If you want to be part of shaping the future of mobility, then read on!

We are looking for a Senior Staff Product Security Engineer to join our team. The goal of a Senior Staff Product Security Engineer at Wisk is to ensure that our urban air mobility autonomous systems are protected from cyber attack. You will be part of the Reliability, Maintenance, and Safety (RAMS) team that provides systems safety and reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, and aircraft cybersecurity engineering services to the Wisk program.

This is a hybrid work opportunity. At Wisk, this means working onsite at our Wisk HQ in Mountain View, California office 3 days per week with flexibility for the remainder of the days.

In this role you will ensure that cybersecurity, and product security in general is incorporated into all of Wisk's product lines. You should have a passion for product security and aviation in general and cybersecurity specifically. You should be self-starting and eager to tackle complex technical challenges. You should have a strong systems thinking mindset to navigate through and reduce technical uncertainty, and define and deliver incremental technical value consistent with technical maturity needs. You will lead development of a strong product security culture at Wisk. You should be a good communicator of technical information to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences. You demonstrate humility, curiosity, and contribute to a positive environment for teammates to thrive.

What you will do :

• As part of the Product Security organization, and deployed in the cybersecurity team you will act as a Senior Product Security Engineer for a novel type of aircraft development targeting the autonomous UAM market.
• You will perform analyses to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities, threats, and controls / mitigations, and characterize and communicate risks across all layers of the integrated system and across the full lifecycle of the product.
• You will drive development and enhancement of security requirements and security architectures to meet certification, business, and customer requirements.
• You will support planning and execution of cybersecurity related component and system integration verification activities
• You will be a product security engineering representative interfacing with systems engineering, design IPTs, and senior leadership across the enterprise.
• You will participate in constructive interrogation and evolution of the product security engineering discipline to define new company and industry standards for autonomous aviation cybersecurity.
• You will use existing industry cybersecurity frameworks, and develop new frameworks, in support of producing engineering artifacts to meet certification requirements.
• You will be working closely with cross-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), RAMS safety and maintenance engineering, engineering and manufacturing quality assurance, supplier management, safety management and flight operations teams.

Requirements

Compensation and Benefits :

In addition to offering a great work environment and the opportunity to be part of the team making electric autonomous flight a reality, at Wisk, we offer excellent total rewards which include a competitive base salary, annual bonus, long term incentive, 401K, health benefits and much more.

Job Type : Full-time

Pay range the company expects to pay : $254,629 - $299,564 per year - The starting base salary within this range for this role varies based on factors such as your geographical location, and your relevant job-related experience that is consistent with a business necessity.

We are committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those from marginalized or underrepresented groups in the tech industry and aerospace, to apply for our job openings. We consider every candidate who shares our passion for making the impossible possible, even if they may not strictly meet all preferred requirements. We firmly believe that a diverse range of perspectives can profoundly influence both our product and our company culture.

Wisk HQ is located in Mountain View just a couple of hundred feet from Shoreline Lake and its surrounding walking / jogging trails. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year, flexible vacation time off, 11 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately, commuter assistance, and education assistance. And on top of all that, we also offer a variety of perks such as free catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, drinks, employee referral bonus, charitable giving match, patent bonus program, and more.

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