Physical Security Lead, Manufacturing Operations

The role

The Physical Security Lead establishes and governs physical security across current and future contract manufacturing locations. This individual-contributor role manages security standards, risk assessments, and controls for sensitive areas and logistics.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary Global Physical Security partner for contract manufacturing locations
• Conduct initial, recurring, and event-driven site assessments
• Design and govern sensitive-area entry controls
• Protect intellectual property, proprietary processes, and components through security zoning and access governance
• Act as the client security representative for partner-managed guard services
• Collaborate on access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and visitor management systems
• Define physical security requirements for new manufacturing partners and facility expansions
• Govern cargo and logistics security requirements
• Respond to manufacturing-related security incidents and identify root causes
• Maintain regular site presence, security metrics, and risk reporting

Required qualifications

• Five or more years of progressively responsible physical security experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, semiconductor, electronics, computing hardware, or a comparable operational environme
• Experience implementing security controls in active manufacturing operations
• Experience supporting contract manufacturers, suppliers, or partner-operated facilities
• Experience protecting intellectual property, proprietary processes, prototypes, high-value components, products, or sensitive technical information
• Working knowledge of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, visitor management, and alarm monitoring
• Familiarity with cargo security, chain-of-custody controls, secure shipping and receiving, logistics-provider governance, and manufacturing incident response
• Strong risk-assessment, project-management, written-communication, analytical, and stakeholder-influence skills

Nice to have

• Physical security experience in semiconductor, advanced electronics, computing hardware, or another intellectual-property-intensive manufacturing sector
• Experience with Genetec or a comparable enterprise physical security platform
• Familiarity with relevant security and supply-chain frameworks, such as CTPAT, TAPA, ISO 28000, ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002, NIST SP 800-53 and SP 800-171
• Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience
• ASIS CPP, PSP, or PCI certification

About the company

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip. The company works with leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups.