Senior / Staff Robotics Security Software Engineer

Join Saronic, a leader in autonomous surface vessel technology. As a Senior/Staff Robotics Security Software Engineer, you will design, implement, and harden security controls across our fleet. This role involves working on edge compute, middleware, and cloud orchestration layers, with a focus on building security features that operate reliably in real-world maritime environments. You will collaborate with various teams to embed security requirements from the ground up and contribute to architecture and interface design documents.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across autonomous surface vessel fleet, including secure boot, hardware roots of trust, and secure update pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed security requirements from the ground up, and participate in threat modeling and risk assessment.
• Build and maintain cryptographic services bridging vessel and cloud infrastructure, and harden identity and access controls.
• Solid understanding of cryptographic primitives and protocols (keys, certificates, signatures, TLS, and mutual TLS) and experience integrating them into real systems

Requirements

• Knowledge of DoD standards and regulations related to security software development is advantageous
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Familiarity with networking protocols and IPC/message-passing frameworks
• Staff Engineers: 8+ years of experience in security software engineering, including architecture, cross-functional leadership, or platform ownership in autonomy, robotics, or embedded systems
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++ or Rust and hands-on experience securing embedded Linux systems
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment
• Experience with hardware security modules, secure boot, and system-level software spanning kernel and bootloader
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• 3+ years of experience in security software engineering, preferably in autonomy, robotics, or embedded systems

Preferred

• Experience with real-time systems is a plus
• Prior work on autonomous systems is a plus