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# Security Engineer, Device/Hardware

- **Company:** MOTIVE, LLC
- **Location:** Buffalo, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000 - $205,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing Security, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Hardware Security Module, Python (Programming Language), Systems Architecture, Software Security, U-Boot, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=5a9bf5522487d0b9

## About the Role

* 5+ years years of experience in Hardware Security, including creating security by design patterns into new devices and platforms
 * 5+ years of experience in working with product teams creating security designs and providing security requirements
 * 5+ years of hands on development experience in the programming languages like python and C/C++
 * Strong understanding of hardware root of trust, secure boot, attestation, key protection, device identity, and secure provisioning concepts.
 * Demonstrated hands-on experience designing, reviewing, and validating security controls for hardware and low-level system architectures.
 * Experience in cloud security, runtime security, supply chain security, and application security best practices

## Description

As a Security Engineer, Hardware Security you will be a key member of the Product Security Team. You will be the primary Security partner for Engineering and Hardware teams, focusing on design reviews, threat modeling, and building scalable "secure-by-default" components (libraries, services, frameworks, components) that empower hardware engineers to ship the product securely. You will work across teams, influencing security and driving the hardware security initiative., * Build the hardware and embedded security baseline and process across Motive devices, including boot chain, firmware, FOTA, and manufacturing

 * Drive relationships with hardware engineering team to ensure findings are prioritized, validated and remediated
 * Identify and assess hardware security risks across the product lifecycle including designing, manufacturing, deployment, updating, and decommissioning
 * Lead hardware security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing for product systems
 * Define and review security requirements for hardware platforms, embedded systems, firmware interfaces, boot processes, debug capabilities, and device lifecycle controls in cloud-connected environments.
 * Drive end to end security for device hardware across IoT and cloud security infrastructure