Product Security Engineer
San Carlos, CA$137.9k - $250k + equityFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Secure end-to-end security for the NEO home robot platform, analyzing system services, OS, cryptographic infrastructure, networks, and cloud services; partnering with engineering teams to design and ship secure-by-default solutions.
Responsibilities
- Audit code and systems across NEO’s stack from bootloader and Linux userspace to cloud services and CI/CD pipelines to identify and drive remediation of security vulnerabilities
- Lead security initiatives end-to-end, serving as the technical point of contact and partnering with Robotics, AI, Infrastructure, and Manufacturing teams to design secure-by-default systems
- Conduct penetration tests, threat models, and risk assessments against NEO and its supporting infrastructure, prioritizing the issues that matter most
- Design and contribute production code for security-critical components such as secure boot chains, code-signing pipelines, attestation flows, and hardened system services
- Help define the security architecture for how humanoid robots are provisioned, deployed, updated, and operated at scale
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in product security, offensive security, or a closely related engineering role
- Strong experience with Linux operating system internals and security mechanisms (namespaces, syscall filtering, Linux systems hardening, least-privilege service design)
- Proficiency in software development and code auditing, with shipping experience in C, C++, Rust, Go or Python
- Penetration testing experience against real production systems
- Security expertise in one or more of: offensive security against Linux-based devices; secure boot, verified boot, and TEEs; cryptography, PKI design, key lifecycle management, and HSM-backed roots of trust; cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure), IaC, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipeline security; secure firmware update systems for embedded devices over-the-air
Skills
Required:Security auditing and risk assessmentSecure software engineeringPenetration testingProgramming
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Last updated Jul 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About 1X Technologies
1X | Home Robots
We're an AI and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California. We create safe humanoid robots that do your chores and offer personalized assistance.
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