Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Director - Product Security
$241K–$395K
Palo Alto, California · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in cybersecurity, including at least 5 years in product security leadership.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the product security team and strategy for a shared software-defined vehicle platform, embedding security across vehicle, cloud, mobile, OTA, and AI/autonomy systems.
What you'll do
- Own the multi-year product security roadmap and integrate secure-by-design practices, threat modeling, testing, and automated security tooling across engineering.
- Lead automotive and connected-vehicle security, vulnerability management, supplier security, and product incident response programs.
- Develop the product security team and communicate security posture, maturity, and risks to executives and the board.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including at least 5 years in product security leadership at a software-defined product company.
- Hands-on technical expertise in application security, embedded systems security, or automotive cybersecurity.
- Experience securing cloud-native architectures at scale (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and influencing engineering organizations.
- Strong working knowledge of threat modeling, secure SDLC, and vulnerability management; executive-level communication experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with automotive cybersecurity frameworks such as ISO/SAE 21434 or UN Regulation No. 155.
- Embedded, firmware, or hardware security experience; familiarity with AI/ML security.
Pay
$240,700 – $395,350 USD base salary; annual bonus target of 25% (total pay amount not stated)
Tools
GCP, AWS, Azure, SAST, DAST, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, CI/CD
AI focus
Secure AI and autonomy systems, including threat modeling for ML pipelines, model integrity, adversarial inputs, and in-vehicle inference.
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