Product Security Engineer

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R&D Product Development

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

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We are searching for the best talent for a Staff Product Security Engineer position, to be located in Santa Clara, CA or Cincinnati, OH.

The Staff Product Security Engineer will be a key member of the Capital R&D organization, make vital contributions to the New Product Development (NPD) pipeline and transform patient care through innovation. They are accountable for leading our NPD teams and creating a strategy to implement cybersecurity into the design and development of product hardware and software for use in cutting edge medical devices and associated capital equipment.

• Identify threats and vulnerabilities to patient safety and product integrity, assess current security controls and determine potential impact of a threat and the risk level associated with threat/vulnerability pairs.
• Drive architecture, requirements, and design to ensure that decisions incorporate security considerations.
• Advise embedded system security software to ensure system hardening and secure coding practices.
• Support all stakeholders on patch management, vulnerability handling, and SBOM scanning.
• Document designs and specifications per design control processes and conform to Industry Standards for Medical Device Software (IEC 62304).

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related degree.

• 6+ years’ experience (or 4+ with M.S.) establishing security architecture or implementing security solutions in consumer products or medical devices.
• 3+ years in a software engineering or software architectural role in a New Product Development (NPD) environment.
• Proven experience with threat modeling and risk assessments for connected products or medical devices.
• Ability to work autonomously and proactively seek out security opportunities within the different surgical robotics teams.
• Ability to think big picture and have attention to detail – aligning strategic objectives with tactical implementation.
• Proven experience with electrical and embedded software design.
• Experience developing software for embedded Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Experience developing embedded software systems using Modern C++ (preferably standards 17+).
• A results and performance driven demeanor with strong sense of accountability.
• Understanding of penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and/or other general security testing principles.

• Experience with FDA, data governance, and privacy standards (HIPAA, ISO 27001, UL 2900).
• Work experience with Systems Engineering activities: requirements management and development, risk management, and verification.
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