Product Security Engineer

The role

You will secure the NEO humanoid robot end-to-end by analyzing system services, operating systems, cryptographic infrastructure, networks, and cloud services. You will identify weaknesses and partner with engineering teams to design and ship fixes.

What you will do

• Audit code and systems across the NEO stack to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities
• Lead security initiatives and partner with Robotics, AI, Infrastructure, and Manufacturing teams
• Conduct penetration tests, threat models, and risk assessments
• Design and contribute production code for secure boot chains, code-signing pipelines, attestation flows, and hardened system services
• Define security architecture for provisioning, deploying, updating, and operating humanoid robots at scale

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product security, offensive security, or a closely related engineering role
• Strong experience with Linux operating system internals and security mechanisms
• Proficiency in software development and code auditing in C, C++, Rust, Go or Python
• Penetration testing experience against real production systems
• Security expertise in one or more of: offensive security against Linux-based devices, secure boot/verified boot/TEE, cryptography/PKI, cloud security, or secure firmware update systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson or similar SoC platforms
• Background in firmware/code-signing pipelines and artifact integrity
• Experience with factory provisioning at scale
• HSM vendor evaluation and procurement experience
• Familiarity with remote device attestation frameworks
• Exposure to post-quantum cryptography evaluation and migration planning
• Experience supporting robotics, automotive, manufacturing, or other hardware engineering environments
• Exposure to zero trust architectures, identity systems, and secrets management platforms
• Experience operating in fast-paced startup environments

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

About the company

1X builds humanoid robots that work in homes to do chores and handle tasks. They solve robotics, AI, and manufacturing problems to create safe robots like NEO.