Senior Product Security Engineer (Embedded / Automotive)

What’s happening at Vay

• First to roll out vehicles in both Europe and the USA on public roads without a human being inside & currently the 2nd largest commercial, driverless car fleet in the Western World.
• We've partnered with Kodiak to bring remote-driving technology to autonomous trucks in the US, showcasing our ability to integrate our system into heavy-duty commercial vehicles and expand the applications of our tech across the US.
• We’ve completed 10’s of thousands of trips so far and are busy multiplying our Las Vegas fleet just to meet demand!
• ...And soon we’ll be expanding across the US & Europe 🚀

Why this role is exciting

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the cybersecurity foundation of Vay’s technology platform and remote driving ecosystem. This is a highly cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of product security, systems engineering, software development, and organizational leadership.

You’ll work cross-functionally to ensure our products and systems are designed, developed, and validated with security at the core. Your work will directly influence how we assess risk, define mitigations, validate security requirements, and scale secure engineering practices across the company.

This role is ideal for someone who can operate both strategically and hands-on. You should be comfortable driving high-level security architecture and process discussions while also diving deep into technical details when needed. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential, as you’ll often act as the security voice across the organization.

The role can be scoped at a Senior looking for a step up or Principal level depending on your experience, technical depth, and ability to drive security topics across the organization.

This might be a great fit, if

You are an experienced security engineer who has worked closely with engineering teams to influence secure product and system design across the development lifecycle:

• Around 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, product security, application security, platform security, or related areas
• Strong understanding of security architecture, secure software development, threat modelling, vulnerability management, and security risk assessment
• Experience working with complex products or systems involving multiple software, infrastructure, hardware, or networking components
• Ability to assess security vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and define practical mitigations
• Experience defining security requirements and working with engineering teams to implement them
• Good understanding of authentication, authorization, cryptographic concepts, secure communication, and trust models
• Familiarity with security standards, regulatory frameworks, or structured security processes
• Strong technical depth and the ability to understand unfamiliar systems quickly
• Excellent communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on in fast-moving engineering environments