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Engineer Embedded Software

San Diego, CA Β· On-site

$91K - $137K/yr

... Linux kernel driver development/modifications Familiarity with assembly language Familiarity with ... Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a ...

Firmware Engineer

Irvine, CA Β· On-site

$145 - $175K/hr

... night, through any weather conditions. Headquartered in Southern California, our customers are ... Integrate FPGA firmware with embedded software (Linux/bare-metal) running on SoC processing systems ...

Head of Engineering

San Francisco, CA Β· On-site

$150K - $200K/yr

Undesirable physical work will disappear, and human effort will shift toward a new era of abundant ... Experience building battery-powered electronics, embedded Linux systems, sensor integration systems ...

Payload Software Engineer

Irvine, CA Β· On-site

$155K - $175K/yr

... night, through any weather conditions. Headquartered in Southern California, our customers are ... in Embedded Linux Environments and Builds such as Yocto * Experience in ICD development

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What is the difference between Night Shift Embedded Linux vs Night Shift Firmware Engineer?

AspectNight Shift Embedded LinuxNight Shift Firmware Engineer
Required CredentialsBachelor's in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, Linux certificationsBachelor's in Electrical Engineering, embedded systems certifications
Work EnvironmentDeveloping and maintaining Linux-based embedded systemsDesigning and testing firmware for embedded devices
Industry UsageConsumer electronics, automotive, IoT devicesMedical devices, industrial equipment, consumer electronics

Both roles involve working with embedded systems, but Night Shift Embedded Linux focuses on Linux-based platforms, while Night Shift Firmware Engineer works on firmware development for various embedded hardware. The skills and certifications overlap, but their specific applications differ based on the system type and industry focus.

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Principal Technologist - Product Security

Walnut Creek, CA β€’ On-site

Aptiv PLC
Non-ProfitsΒ β€’Β 201 - 500 employees

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Job description

Role Summary
As a Principal Technologist specializing in Product Security for the Wind River Private Cloud Platform, you will serve as the technical authority driving the secure design, architecture, and lifecycle hardening of Wind River's mission-critical cloud infrastructure solutions. You will guide security strategy across virtualization, orchestration, and distributed edge computing systems-ensuring the platform meets stringent requirements for telco, aerospace, defense, and industrial deployments. This role bridges advanced cloud engineering, embedded systems knowledge, and modern cybersecurity practices.
Key Responsibilities
Security Architecture & Strategy
  • Define and evolve the security architecture for Wind River Private Cloud Platform, including control plane components, hypervisors, networking stacks, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Lead threat modeling, security risk assessments, and mitigation strategies across distributed cloud/edge environments.
  • Establish platform security requirements, secure design patterns, and architectural principles.
  • Detailed architecture and design definition of individual product security features
  • Providing direction and specific requirement input to development teams
  • Working with business team and customers to define/clarify requirements
  • Evaluating and proposing technology choices
Product & Platform Security
  • Drive secure-by-default configurations across compute, storage, networking, and platform services.
  • Own the security roadmap for the platform, ensuring alignment with industry standards (NIST, CIS, FIPS, etc.).
  • Oversee vulnerability management, secure boot, runtime integrity measures, API security, and cryptographic services.
  • Partner with product, engineering, and QA teams to embed security throughout SDLC (shift-left security).

Technical Leadership
  • Serve as the top technical expert and advisor for product security across cloud, containerization, virtualization, and real-time/edge systems.
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering directors and executives on cybersecurity tradeoffs and priorities.
  • Represent the organization in security reviews, customer briefings, escalations, and cross-functional technical committees.
Security Operations & Compliance
  • Guide secure deployment patterns and operational security practices for private cloud customers.
  • Support incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and remediation for platform-level vulnerabilities.
  • Define and enforce policies for SBOM, supply chain integrity, CI/CD security, and secure artifact distribution.
Collaboration & Influence
  • Collaborate with teams across Wind River Studio ecosystem (edge platform, analytics, DevSecOps tooling).
  • Represent Wind River in standards bodies and industry working groups (ETSI, CNCF, Linux Foundation, etc.).
  • Partner with customer engineering teams on secure deployment architectures for telecom and mission-critical environments.
Required Qualifications
  • 15+ years in cloud/platform engineering, embedded systems, or cybersecurity with deep architectural ownership.
  • Expertise in product security, including threat modeling, secure architecture, and vulnerability management.
  • Strong knowledge of:
  • Kubernetes Security Hardening - RBAC, Secrets, Encryption, Security Policies
  • Certificate Management, PKI, EJBCA, cert-manager
  • Authentication mechanisms: OIDC, LDAP, Active Directory
  • Linux internals, kernel security, container hardening and breakout protection
  • Practical cryptography algorithms and application
  • Hardware root of trust (TPM, UEFI Secure Boot, Trusted Boot)
  • CIS Benchmarks for Linux and Kubernetes
  • Virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU, etc.)
  • Cloud networking, SDN/NFV, microservices security
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD security, SAST, DAST, container scanning, SBOM generation.
  • Proven ability to lead complex cross-organizational security initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with private cloud infrastructure, Titanium Cloud, or telecom/industrial -grade cloud infrastructure.
  • Background in telco (5G), aerospace/defense, industrial IoT, or other safety/security-critical domains.
  • Familiarity with Yocto, embedded Linux, RTOS environments.
  • Participation in open-source security initiatives or upstream kernel/cloud projects.
  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or similar field.
Success Indicators
  • Demonstrated improvements in platform security posture, measurable vulnerability reduction, and secure SDLC maturity.
  • Adoption of security architecture patterns across engineering teams.
  • Strong technical influence with executives, partners, and global customers.
  • Delivery of innovative, scalable platform security capabilities for distributed cloud and edge environments.

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