Sandisk

Sandisk

Product Security Assurance Architect

Milpitas, CA, United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago
CybersecurityPenetration TestingProduct ManagementSupply ChainEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we're living in and that we have the power to shape.
  • Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with engineering teams to recommend practical, risk-informed mitigations and compensating controls.
  • compiler hardening and secure build configurations,
  • Partner with adversarial security engineering and product teams to evaluate realistic attack scenarios and challenge defensive assumptions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
  • 10+ years of experience in firmware security, embedded systems security, product security, platform security, or related disciplines.
  • Strong understanding of attacker techniques, exploitability analysis, and adversarial thinking applied to embedded systems.
  • Experience evaluating threat models, security controls, and product security effectiveness.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance security rigor with business realities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams, vendors, product leadership, and executives.
  • Experience working with external security research organizations or third-party product security assessments.
  • Ability to influence technical direction through collaboration and technical credibility.

Nice to have

  • Experience with SSD architectures, flash memory systems, storage controllers or embedded hardware platforms.
  • Experience with secure development lifecycle (SDL), vulnerability management, PSIRT, or product security assurance functions.

Skills

  • These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations.
  • Product and Platform Security teams remain responsible for defining and implementing security architectures within products.

Company info

  • Workplace Discrimination is Illegal " poster.
  • Our pay transparency policy is available here.
  • Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity.
  • As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within.
  • We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us.
  • We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.
  • Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process.
  • Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@sandisk.com to advise us of your accommodation request.
  • In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
  • Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 09/22/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline.
  • If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
  • Evaluate the quality, completeness, and realism of product threat models and challenge assumptions through attacker-informed analysis.

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