Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Description
Join Ford to help shape vehicle product development security across embedded and connected systems.
Responsibilities
- Conduct assessments on content supporting Ford product lines
- Provide compliance reviews for features, functions, platforms, and modules under the Ford Cybersecurity engineering process
- Apply relevant global cybersecurity requirements, standards, and regulations, including ISO 21434 / R155
- Translate cybersecurity requirements into product design and development activities, from ideation through testing, with required deliverables
- Review and approve or reject supplier deliverables for alignment with established cybersecurity requirements
- Partner with content owners to drive progression through the development process with security-by-design from inception
- Support robust engineering practices for features, components, and systems, including threat analysis and risk assessment
- Enable adoption of security requirements, security audits, and vehicle ecosystem assessments
- Develop and apply global supplier expertise to meet Ford cyber expectations
- Produce and present risk reviews to management for concerns not mitigated through controls (security governance board, chief engineers, executive leadership, and related roles)
- Support reuse practices included in the CSMS to reduce repeated effort across vehicle programs
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related domains, or a combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of experience with embedded, IoT, and/or product systems cybersecurity
- Functional knowledge of cryptographic controls and how to apply them
- Experience with cybersecurity system engineering, development, and testing
- Experience creating and maintaining engineering documentation, including requirements, specifications, and test plans
- Self-starter who can work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and analytical skills
Technologies
- ISO 21434, R155
- MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE
- CISSP, Security+
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, plus management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- Paid time off and paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off plus the option to purchase additional vacation time
Even Better If You Have
- Certification in CISSP or Security+
- Relevant experience with vulnerability assessment management
- Experience performing threat modeling using industry standards such as MITRE ATT&CK or STRIDE
Location: Dearborn, MI (hybrid)
Compensation: USD 85,400 - 166,600 per year