Waymo
Senior Security Engineer
$204K–$259K
Mountain View, California, USA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2025
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- At least 5 years is preferred; no minimum years stated as a requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or similar.
About the job
Establishes and maintains cybersecurity for Waymo products by assessing risks, defining security requirements, and coordinating mitigations and standards compliance across the product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Evaluate system elements and define boundaries and cybersecurity concepts; perform threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) under ISO/SAE 21434.
- Define security requirements and risk treatments for self-driving platform features based on TARA findings.
- Work with engineering and safety teams to address security risks, safety impacts, mitigations, and ongoing standards compliance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or similar.
- Thorough understanding of cybersecurity threat and risk assessments for technical designs and architectures of embedded or other computer systems.
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals and their practical deployments.
- Ability to create and negotiate targets and requirements with engineering teams.
Nice to have
- At least 5 years of experience in a security or similar industry role delivering software and/or hardware.
- Experience with ISO/SAE 21434 certification and/or UNR 155 type approval; security best practices, requirements writing, or security feature design.
Pay
$204,000 — $259,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
ISO/SAE 21434, UNR 155
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