Luminar Technologies is hiring a
Global Director, Security Engineering

Summary

Luminar Technologies is seeking a Global Director - Security Engineering to develop and implement security strategies for their products and advise executive leadership on product, software, and advanced manufacturing security. The role requires extensive experience in software development, product engineering, and information protection.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science, Engineering, or other related discipline); advanced degree a plus
• 15+ years of relevant work experience

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements security strategy for Luminar products
• Advises executive leadership on a Product, Software, and Advanced Manufacturing security vision that is aligned to organizational priorities and facilitates the organization's business objectives
• Provides strategic and tactical security guidance for all Product Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing projects
• Leads, manages, and builds a small team of product security specialists and security engineers
• Develops, socializes, implements, and supports a multi year technical roadmap of products and architectural approaches to secure our hardware, OT, software, and data products
• Ensures that Luminar’s products, processes, and facilities meet or exceed relevant customer, industry, and regulatory security standards and requirements
• Works closely with Product Engineering, Software Engineering, Manufacturing, physical security, Cybersecurity, and external partners to ensure alignment and effective end-to-end protective posture for Luminar’s products, labs, testing and manufacturing facilities
• Builds, and deploys, in partnership with the Security Operations team, a unified comprehensive protective framework and toolset for physical/logical access management and security event & incident visibility
• Designs, deploys, and manages security testing, vulnerability management, and threat modeling programs for Product Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, and Luminar Semiconductor (LSI)
• Builds and manages a DevSecOps program fully integrated into the Product & Software Engineering lifecycles
• Acts as focal point and primary security advisor for all factory, lab, and testing facility upgrade and integration projects
• Develops information protection policies for their designated program areas
• Develops and maintains Product Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Security Incident Response Playbooks. Performs annual table-top exercises integrating critical functions across the organization as part of the Business Resiliency team
• Acts as a Focal point for all Product Engineering, Software, and Advanced Manufacturing security audits (internal & external). Coordinates with auditors in the execution of audits in collaboration with the Internal Audit, and GRC teams
• Leads and manages the Company’s pentesting program

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or other advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Development, etc
• Deep domain expertise and documented success in software & product development - ideally gained as a manager & practitioner building commercial engineering teams & platforms
• Understanding of Zero Trust concepts and architectures
• Understanding of Operational Technology (OT) risks & risk management solutions
• Experience supporting fast moving or startup business organizations
• Experience in Automotive, Finance, or High-Tech Industry a plus
• Experience with autonomous vehicles or ‘connected car’ a plus