Aptiv PLC

Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

Aptiv PLC$120K — $150K *
Troy, MI 48085In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering with focus on cryptographic libraries and vulnerability research
  • Extensive experience (5+ years) in low-level development (C, assembly) for embedded systems
  • 3+ years conducting offensive cyber research and debugging embedded systems
  • Familiarity with embedded systems and cryptographic implementations
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Strong personal drive to learn about security vulnerabilities
  • Experience in independent research and conference-level reporting

Responsibilities

  • Research and develop production-ready cybersecurity capabilities
  • Enhance and customize security tools and instrumentation
  • Communicate security research findings to global engineering teams
  • Collaborate with open-source organizations on cybersecurity stack improvements
  • Conduct experiments to identify vulnerabilities in cutting-edge technologies
  • Translate research into patents and publications
  • Guide product teams in integrating new cybersecurity systems

Benefits

  • Private health care starting day 1
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Paid Time Off including holidays and parental leave
  • Opportunities for learning and development
  • Discounts with various manufacturers and retailers
  • Recognition for innovation and excellence
  • Community involvement opportunities
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Adoption assistance
  • Fertility coverage
Full Job Description
Sr. Principal Security Engineer

As our Sr. Principal Security Engineer, you will focus primarily on developing novel cybersecurity capabilities into hardware and software. You will engage in vulnerability discovery and reverse engineering activities. Additionally, you will be interfacing with the production engineering teams, enhancing open-source firmware, experimenting with state-of-the-art technologies, and much more. Your contributions will ensure vehicles on the streets are protected from grave threats posed by criminals and terrorists.

Responsibilities:

  • Research and develop production-ready cybersecurity capabilities, develop reverse engineering tools and other cyber research instrumentation
  • Develop, enhance and customize security capabilities, tooling and instrumentation
  • Communicate security research findings to production engineering teams around the world, ensuring integration into platforms and products
  • Collaborate with open-source organizations to ensure quality of our open-source cybersecurity stack, including making quality and feature improvements
  • Conduct experiments to test the limits of state-of-the-art technologies to uncover weaknesses and vulnerabilities
  • Translate research findings into patents, blog posts, and conference publications
  • Maintain an up-to-date awareness of offensive and defensive cybersecurity activities in the public/commercial domain and working to accelerate cyber operations as appropriate
  • Break down long-term efforts into discrete tasks that demonstrate incremental progress
  • Guide product teams through integration of new cybersecurity system designs and testing methodologies
  • Defend research viewpoints to senior and executive leadership by providing compelling information and evidence


Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years' experience in cybersecurity engineering, development of cryptographic libraries/protocol stacks, vulnerability research, or reverse engineering
  • 5+ years' experience with C, assembly (ARM, MIPS, RISC-V, Intel x86_64, proprietary architectures, etc.), or similar low-level/embedded development
  • 3+ years' experience with: 1) host-based virtualization (VMware workstation, QEMU-KVM, Xen, etc.) and emulation technologies (QEMU, Simics, etc.); 2) conducting offensive cyber research such as vulnerability research and exploit development against embedded systems; 3) scripting languages like Python in a Linux-like environment; and 4) debugging embedded systems (JTAG, UART, proprietary debugging environment, etc)
  • Familiarity with embedded systems development and use of cryptography and/or communications implementations
  • Good organization, communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
  • A go-getter that is passionate to learn about new security vulnerabilities and develop assessment automation solutions
  • Interest and/or experience with bug bounties, capture-the-flag competitions, etc.
  • Experience proposing and executing independent research and development tasks and writing conference-level technical reports
  • Familiarity with version control systems and code review processes


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar discipline
  • 2+ years' experience developing with automotive hardware and architectures (e.g., TriCore™)
  • 2+ years' experience developing for FPGAs such as Xilinx, NXP, etc. and using their associated tool suites such as Vivado, etc.
  • Familiarity with automotive communication systems (CAN, CAN-FD, automotive Ethernet, etc.)
  • Familiarity with automotive operating systems such as SROS2 and software communications middleware DDS
  • Familiarity with Bluetooth, NFC, and/or Wi-Fi implementations and communications
  • General understand circuit schematics, hardware data sheets, and/or logic design
  • Experience working as part of a cross-functional team to implement diverse solutions
  • Experience performing threat modelling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements for introduction of new technologies
  • Experience representing technical viewpoints to diverse audiences and in making timely and prudent technical risk decisions
  • Experience in customer discussions and technical design reviews and supporting cross discipline activities
  • High level of oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to communicate and present complex issues and ideas with precision and clarity, adjusting appropriately for the audience; ability to communicate effectively up to the Vice President level
  • Good personality and strong ability for successfully working independently


YOUR BENEFITS AT APTIV:
  • Private health care effective day 1 of employment
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Paid Time Off (Holidays, Vacation, Designated time off, Parental leave)
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers
  • Recognition for innovation and excellence
  • Opportunities to give back to the community
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Fertility Coverage


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About Aptiv PLC

Aptiv PLC is a global technology company that designs and manufactures vehicle components and provides electrical and electronic and active safety technology solutions to the global automotive and commercial vehicle markets. The company's products include advanced safety systems, electrical and electronic distribution systems, and software and controls. Aptiv's largest customers are automotive manufacturers, and the company has a significant presence in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was formerly known as Delphi Automotive PLC and changed its name to Aptiv PLC in December 2017.
Learn more about Aptiv PLC
Size
155,000 employees
Market Cap
$24.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.8 billion
5 Year Trend
+4.9%
Revenue
$13 billion
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