Product Security Engineer

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What We're Looking For: Advanced Product Security Engineer for the Print and Encode business unit, reporting to the Director of Systems Engineering. The Product Security Engineer is responsible for aligning security strategies with the business unit's product development goals. This role drives the adoption of secure engineering principles across the lifecycle of both physical hardware devices and software solutions (applications, and cloud integrations).

The role is focused on ensuring the security of our products, both software and hardware throughout the development lifecycle and is critical to ensuring our devices are developed with secure-by-design principles. Maintaining the resilience of our product ecosystem against evolving threats. The Product Security Engineer will proactively embed security into the development process for both software and firmware, particularly for our thermal printers and barcode scanners.

This position includes responding to security issues, managing customer security inquiries, and collaborating with the different development teams as well as the corporate product security team to adhere to best practices.

Location- ***Role is required to be onsite in Lincolnshire, IL office (Hybrid- Minimum of 3 days in the office per week).

• Collaborate with stakeholders, including product management and engineering, to define and prioritize security requirements for new and existing products.

• Participate in design and architecture reviews with the engineering teams to conduct threat modeling and ensure security is built into software and firmware from the ground up.

• Develop, implement, and enforce security controls and best practices throughout the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC).

• Collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, software, and systems engineering teams to ensure security requirements are seamlessly integrated without compromising product functionality or time-to-market.

• Respond to, investigate, and lead the remediation of product security vulnerabilities and participate if an incident happens.

• Oversee security assessments, including penetration testing and code reviews, to proactively identify and mitigate security flaws.

• Serve as the primary technical contact for responding to customer security questionnaires, audits, and inquiries, clearly communicating our security posture.

• Align with the corporate security teams to implement and adapt corporate security policies, standards, and best practices within product development.

• Create and maintain detailed documentation for security architecture, and security best practices.

• Develop and deliver security training to development teams to foster a culture of security awareness and accountability.

• Stay current with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques relevant to IoT, embedded systems, software, and firmware.

• Mentor junior engineers and act as a security champion and subject matter expert within the engineering organization.

• Evaluate, implement, and manage security tools (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA) to automate security testing within the CI/CD pipeline.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline.

• 6+ years of experience
• Hands-on experience in product security, embedded systems security, or a closely related field.
• Hands-on experience securing embedded systems, software, or IoT devices.
• Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or cybersecurity field.

• Proven experience integrating security into the CI/CD pipeline and product development lifecycle.

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C, C++, Python, or Java. (Not necessary but desirable)

• Deep technical expertise in Hardware Security (e.g., TPM, TrustZone, secure boot, tamper resistance, cryptography).

• Experience specific to IoT, connected devices, or automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies.

• Familiarity with industry security standards and compliance requirements (e.g., IEC 62443, FIPS 140).

• Industry-recognized security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, GSEC, or offensive security certifications).

• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex security risks to both technical teams and executive leadership.

• Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, GSEC, or equivalent are a plus.

Location- ***Role is required to be onsite in Lincolnshire, IL office (Hybrid- Minimum of 3 days in the office per week).

Incentive

Compensation: In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 12% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings.

We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.