Cutsforth Inc.

Product Security Engineer

Cutsforth Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaIllinoisUnited States

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Salary

💰 $133,000 - $172,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Embed security best practices, such as encryption and authentication, directly into new products as part of the architecture and design process.
  • Identify vulnerabilities and security gaps during the design phase to present exploitation.
  • Define and enforce secure device architecture, including secure boot, hardware root of trust, device identity, and certificate-based authentication.
  • Own firmware security, including signing, update mechanisms, rollback protection, and vulnerability remediation.
  • Design and govern end-to-end encryption strategies spanning device, edge, and cloud.
  • Establish security requirements for low-cost hardware, balancing risk, cost, and operational constraints.
  • Conduct threat modeling for embedded systems, IoT protocols, and physical attack surfaces.
  • Partner with hardware, firmware, and manufacturing vendors to ensure supply-chain security controls.
  • Own product security incident response, including vulnerability triage, remediation coordination, customer communication, and post-incident reviews.
  • Manage coordinated vulnerability disclosure and CVE processes where applicable.
  • Lead Product Lifecycle Management security initiatives from concept throughout development, release, and maintenance.
  • Conduct product security testing and oversee penetration testing, vulnerability scans, and code reviews.
  • Define the product security strategic roadmap, goals, priorities, features and align product security with business objectives.

Requirements

  • Successfully pass background check for cybersecurity site access.
  • 7-15 years of hands-on cyber security experience within the software development lifecycle, including implementation of security controls, vulnerability management, or cloud security
  • Hands on experience with programming languages like Python, Java, C++, or Go.
  • Mastery of security tools like Burp Suite, Checkmarx, or SonarQube.
  • Security Frameworks – solid understanding of OWASP Top 10, NIST and SOC2 compliance
  • Specific familiarity with the NIST SSDF (SP 800-218) standard and experience developing products to meet requirements in this standard
  • Experience with Azure
  • 7+ years of experience with scripting automation for security tasks using Python
  • Practical experience with at least one major SIEM – Splunk
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical risks and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Detail oriented with good documentation habits.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or cyber security or related field
Benefits
  • Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance
  • Health Savings Account with Employer contributions
  • 401(k) with Employer match
  • Short-term & Long-term Disability Coverage
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment Coverage
  • Life Insurance Coverage
  • 80 hours of Paid-Time-Off annually
  • Eight paid holidays per year
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Hard Skills & Tools
cyber securityvulnerability managementcloud securityprogramming languagesscripting automationsecurity controlsproduct security testingpenetration testingencryption strategiesthreat modeling
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsdetail orienteddocumentation habits