Security and Compliance Engineering Lead

Job Description

At Autonomous Production, we combine agentic robotics with a new "factory OS" that allows factories to operate like data centers, with software gross margins.

Join us as we build a future where carbon emissions are 60% lower and local economies have access to affordable robotics and AI that materially improve lives across the socioeconomic spectrum. These are the benefits our initial customers are already experiencing.

Our venture-backed company is growing rapidly, help us continue building a version of the future where AI is used to generate outsized value while also creating a more sustainable, equitable, abundant world.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on, operational engineer who will completely bridge the gap between physical/technical infrastructure security and defense regulatory frameworks. You'll design, deploy, and enforce our secure defense-customer architecture from the ground up, covering ITAR/EAR data environments, our CMMC cybersecurity roadmap, and NIST SP 800-171 protocols.

This is an active engineering role, not a legal position. You will actively build functional technical controls, secure network infrastructure, and implement the day-to-day physical and digital systems that protect our technical data and ensure our production loops survive rigorous defense audits with ease. You are the operator and owner of a critically important area.

What You'll Do

• Build our baseline technical, digital, and physical security control strategy from scratch within your first 30 days.
• Design and deploy secure internal data boundaries, file access controls, and network tracking infrastructure to safeguard critical automated engineering specs.
• Author our comprehensive CMMC Level 2 roadmap and oversee structural technical milestones.
• Establish and execute our standardized data control protocols, technical export compliance loops, and secure supply chain tracking infrastructure.

Required:

• US citizen
• Able to work in-person, full-time, in San Rafael, CA
• Technical Engineering Background: Strong experience in systems engineering, network security, infrastructure engineering, or a highly related technical hardware/software field.
• Regulatory Navigation: Proven history directly helping an organization navigate toward, implement, and maintain advanced federal and defense regulations (such as ITAR, EAR, NIST SP 800-171, or CMMC frameworks).
• Direct experience managing technical control structures subject to strict federal data trade regulations.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with information security systems (identity management, network segmenting, logging/SIEM tools) tailored to organizations with advanced compliance requirements.
• Prior compliance engineering experience spanning defining the strategy, implementing and operating controls.
• Familiarity with NDAA supply chain security standards and verification methods.

Compensation

• Base Salary: $80,000 – $120,000
• Equity: Early-stage equity targeting the 90th percentile of pre-seed peer compensation.

Why You’ll Love It Here

At Autonomous Production, you’ll join a dynamic team that values innovation, creativity, and a bit of fun. You’ll have a direct impact on our industrial robotics products and be part of a forward-looking company that’s shaping the future of automation.

Equal Opportunity

Autonomous Production is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. US citizenship is required for this role due to the nature of our customer base and applicable export control regulations (ITAR/EAR).