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# Senior Principal Product Security Engineer

- **Company:** Alcon Inc
- **Location:** Lake Forest, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Security, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** June 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/job/detail/70337227/Senior-Principal-Product-Security-Engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
 * The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
 * 7 Years of Relevant Experience

## Description

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Senior Principal Product Security Engineer supporting Research and Development you will be responsible for the end-to-end security of the assigned Alcon product(s) and working closely with R&D staff in achieving product and security objectives.

In this role, a typical day will include:

 * Manage and implement security in assigned products
 * Understanding of the clinical use cases for software as a medical device (SaMD) and software in a medical device (SiMD)
 * Performing architecture reviews as part of product security process resulting in a product security architecture.
 * Building threat model and security risk assessments with prioritized items to be mitigated
 * Being a technical lead and guidance for product teams driving implementation of core security assets.
 * Developing security requirements and security use cases to address clinical environment
 * Influencing product features and roadmaps
 * Developing/contributing success criteria for security product/solution testing
 * Managing the requirements to realize security certification/regulatory documentation
 * Collaborating with product development team and cross-functional stakeholders.
 * Building capabilities, tools, and help automate where possible driving improvements to Alcon product security process and practices
 * Leading vulnerability analysis, core engineering assets in alignment with the security vision


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