1X Technologies
Product Security Engineer
$138K–$250K
San Carlos, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 17, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in product security, offensive security, or a closely related engineering role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience.
About the job
Secures the NEO humanoid robot and its supporting systems by finding vulnerabilities and helping engineering teams design and ship fixes.
What you'll do
- Audit code and systems across the robot stack, from bootloader and Linux userspace to cloud services and CI/CD pipelines, and drive vulnerability remediation.
- Conduct penetration tests, threat models, and risk assessments; lead security initiatives with engineering teams.
- Design and contribute production code for security-critical components and help define security architecture for robot provisioning, deployment, updates, and operation.
What they ask for
- Strong experience with Linux operating system internals and security mechanisms.
- Proficiency in software development and code auditing, with shipping experience in C, C++, Rust, Go or Python.
- Penetration testing experience against real production systems.
- Security expertise in one or more areas including Linux-device offensive security, secure boot, cryptography and PKI, cloud security, or secure firmware updates.
Nice to have
- Experience with NVIDIA Jetson or similar SoC platforms.
- Background in firmware/code-signing pipelines and artifact integrity, including SBOMs or supply-chain hardening.
Pay
$137,861 - $250,000 USD (base salary) + Equity
Tools
Linux, C, C++, Rust, Go, Python, AWS, GCP
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