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Senior Automotive Security Consultant – Seattle, WA or Remote US

unlimited holidays - extra holidays - extra parental leave - long remote period allowed
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Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Deep knowledge in automotive security standards and regulations, Expertise in embedded automotive cybersecurity architecture, in-vehicle networking, secure mechanisms.

Key responsabilities:

  • Perform high-end security evaluations like penetration testing and TARA for automotive clients worldwide
  • Communicate complex vulnerabilities, risks, and mitigations to both technical and non-technical staff
  • Undertake advanced security evaluation tasks, develop attacks, conduct research, evangelize company
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Description

Senior Automotive Security Consultant – Seattle, WA or Remote US 
About IOActive: 
Founded in 1998, IOActive is a trusted partner for Global 1000 enterprises, providing research-fueled security services across all industries. Our cutting-edge security teams provide highly specialized technical and programmatic services including full stack penetration testing, program efficacy assessments, and hardware hacking. IOActive brings a unique attacker’s perspective to every client engagement to maximize security investments and improve client’s overall security posture and business resiliency. 
What you’ll do: 
Senior Automotive Security Consultants are responsible for performing high-end security evaluations including penetration testing, Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA) and research for our clients, focused on a range of automotive areas. In this role, you will work with other team members to deliver high-quality results to IOActive’s clients throughout the world. This position is located in Seattle, WA, but a remote work arrangement may be considered for well-qualified candidates throughout the US.  
Our consultants maintain a high level of expertise regarding known threats and technical advances in automotive security. This position requires expert knowledge in the end-to-end automotive technology ecosystem, including both in-vehicle and offboard systems such as E/E architecture, ECUs and connectivity. 
The Senior Automotive Security Consultant will undertake advanced level security evaluation tasks and duties to meet customer requirements and project deadlines. This includes: 
  • Scope and perform penetration testing of automotive components
  • Scope and perform TARAs based on ISO/SAE 21434 and customer needs
  • Communicate complex vulnerabilities, risks, and mitigations to both technical and non-technical client staff
  • Develop sophisticated, state-of-the-art attacks that integrate the latest attack methods against automotive products
  • Perform research on new attack vectors, discover new vulnerabilities, create tools and new exploitation techniques in an automotive environment
  • Evangelize IOActive through blogs, white papers, presentations, etc.
What you bring: 
Required Technical Skills 
  • Deep knowledge and understanding of:
    • Automotive security & safety standards and regulations including ISO/SAE 21434:2021, ISO 26262:2018, UNECE R155 & R156 & Automotive ASPICE
    • Embedded automotive cybersecurity architecture and design including in end-to-end connected vehicles (telematics, infotainment, etc.) in-vehicle networking &  communication (automotive Ethernet, CAN, CAN-FD, Flex-ray, BLE, Wi-Fi etc.)
  • Understanding of EV vehicle architecture and the associated security concerns
    • Embedded security mechanisms such as hypervisors, secure boot, automotive OSes (QNX & Linux), automotive software frameworks (AutoSAR, etc), secure communication, secure key storage (HSMs & Trustzone) access control, OTA updates, etc.
    • C/C++ and ARM assembly including standard vulnerabilities and mitigations
    • Cryptography concepts including symmetric encryption and signing (AES & HMAC), asymmetric encryption, signing and verification (RSA & ECC), hashing (HMAC) etc,
  • Perform TARAs (threat analysis and risk assessment) on a range of vehicle features and components
  • Perform penetration testing of EV and EVSE technologies such as V2x, EV Chargers/Dischargers, etc…
  • Perform penetration testing of automotive components including ECUs (IVI, central gateway, telematics) using approaches including:
    • Rapid identification of attack surfaces and entry points using implicit threat modeling techniques
    • Extraction and demonstratable experience and skills reverse engineering of ECU firmware
    • Low-level code review including crypto implementation code reviews, specifically for secure boot and code signing
    • Wi-Fi/Bluetooth testing along with demonstratable understanding of the electro-magnetic spectrum (near field such as NFC and far field such as UHF, Microwave and associated physical layer protocols)
    • Hardware/embedded system hacking, including Interface and fuzz testing.
  • Electronic and electrical knowledge including:
    • Extensive experience with digital electronics and signal capturing tools (Oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol specific adaptors)
    • Experience with protocol and signals analysis, reverse engineering of custom data formats and transport mechanisms
Consulting Skills + Experience 
  • Rigorous attention to detail and strong analytic skills
  • Ability to write test plans based upon initial impressions and discussions with the team
  • Comfortable navigating large codebases with minimal guidance
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English
  • Comfortable leading and working as part of a multinational and multidisciplinary team
  • Logical and structured approach to projects
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience in a high-paced, enterprise consulting environment
  • Previous CVEs in the automotive space are a bonus.
Salary Range and Benefits 
  • The salary range for this position is $90-175k annually
  • USA benefits package includes PTO, Holiday, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) match, Long and Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Business Travel Insurance
 
Why IOActive: 
The IOActive mission is to make the world a safer, more secure place from cyber threats with research and services that focuses on security that has real-world impact. Join a team committed to making a difference. 
Join us! 
IOActive is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer  

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Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
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English
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