Senior Cybersecurity Principal Engineer

Senior Cybersecurity Principal Engineer (Plano, TX, 75094) | 03/13/26 Job Code : JPC 9035185 Job Description Looking for Senior Cybersecurity Principal Engineer Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid) Job Summary Description The Senior Principal Engineer provides technical thought leadership and hands-on execution in securing Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified (CASE) mobility solutions and digital services. This role focuses on end-to-end (E2E) vehicle ecosystem security, including embedded systems, cloud platforms, and mobile applications, ensuring privacy-by-design and security-by-design principles are embedded throughout. Essential Functions: • Product cybersecurity technical thought leadership in the research, design, development, manufacturing, and/or operations of the Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified mobility solutions and digital services. • Creation & facilitation of automotive threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) for the end-to-end (E2E) vehicle ecosystem (embedded, cloud, mobile app). •Individual contributor executing the roles and responsibilities of an engineering technical lead across multiple projects, processes, and teams. Support activities include: Working with stakeholders to understand timeline, input/output, dependencies, etc. Technical experience to understand any “impediments” the team may experience Work with external stakeholders to remove “impediments” from the team Hands-on work to complete TARA, system requirements, system reference architectures for E2E vehicle ecosystem • Creation & facilitation of technical reference architectures to quickly enable biz divisions to implement solutions that align w/ privacy-by-design & security-by-design. • Execute the roles and responsibilities of an individual contributor across multiple projects and teams independently with very little oversight required. • Liaise with line of business leaders and general other risk functions to deliver program needs within business units. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is strongly desired. • 8+ years of experience in a security engineering role, with an emphasis on cybersecurity expertise with identifying risks & designing countermeasures for embedded systems, cloud systems, and mobile app. • 4+ years of experience in automotive, manufacturing, internet of things (IOT), and/or software industries • Systems, hardware, and/or software engineering and cybersecurity subject matter expert with hands-on engineering development and technical leadership experience. • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to technical peers and management. • Strong technical competence in MS tool suite (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) • Fluent in English (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions Preferred Skills: • OSCP, SANS/GIAC, CISSP, or other related/equivalent certification • Experience with compliance regulations/laws, security frameworks and standards (e.g., ISO/SAE 21434, NIST, HIPAA, ISO, COBIT, OWASP, ITIL, etc.) • Experience with one or more of the following industries: law enforcement, defense, intelligence community, automotive, manufacturing, software. • Fluent in Japanese (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions. Job Title Senior Cybersecurity Principal Engineer States 3723 Job Description Looking for Senior Cybersecurity Principal Engineer Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid) Job Summary Description The Senior Principal Engineer provides technical thought leadership and hands-on execution in securing Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified (CASE) mobility solutions and digital services. This role focuses on end-to-end (E2E) vehicle ecosystem security, including embedded systems, cloud platforms, and mobile applications, ensuring privacy-by-design and security-by-design principles are embedded throughout. Essential Functions: • Product cybersecurity technical thought leadership in the research, design, development, manufacturing, and/or operations of the Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified mobility solutions and digital services. • Creation & facilitation of automotive threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) for the end-to-end (E2E) vehicle ecosystem (embedded, cloud, mobile app). •Individual contributor executing the roles and responsibilities of an engineering technical lead across multiple projects, processes, and teams. Support activities include: Working with stakeholders to understand timeline, input/output, dependencies, etc. Technical experience to understand any “impediments” the team may experience Work with external stakeholders to remove “impediments” from the team Hands-on work to complete TARA, system requirements, system reference architectures for E2E vehicle ecosystem • Creation & facilitation of technical reference architectures to quickly enable biz divisions to implement solutions that align w/ privacy-by-design & security-by-design. • Execute the roles and responsibilities of an individual contributor across multiple projects and teams independently with very little oversight required. • Liaise with line of business leaders and general other risk functions to deliver program needs within business units. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is strongly desired. • 8+ years of experience in a security engineering role, with an emphasis on cybersecurity expertise with identifying risks & designing countermeasures for embedded systems, cloud systems, and mobile app. • 4+ years of experience in automotive, manufacturing, internet of things (IOT), and/or software industries • Systems, hardware, and/or software engineering and cybersecurity subject matter expert with hands-on engineering development and technical leadership experience. • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to technical peers and management. • Strong technical competence in MS tool suite (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) • Fluent in English (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions Preferred Skills: • OSCP, SANS/GIAC, CISSP, or other related/equivalent certification • Experience with compliance regulations/laws, security frameworks and standards (e.g., ISO/SAE 21434, NIST, HIPAA, ISO, COBIT, OWASP, ITIL, etc.) • Experience with one or more of the following industries: law enforcement, defense, intelligence community, automotive, manufacturing, software. • Fluent in Japanese (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions. Primary Skills Automotive, Manufacturing, Cybersecurity, Embedded, IoT, Risk assessment, threat analysis, TARA Contact Person Details Preeti Goyal preeti@prolim.com