Security Engineer, Product and Device Security at Figure
San Jose, CA
$150,000–$350,000from the description
Jun 29, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A security engineering role focused on protecting a humanoid robot and its supporting backend infrastructure. Day-to-day work spans assessing embedded systems and hardware designs for vulnerabilities, building tooling and frameworks to support a secure development lifecycle, and collaborating across teams to implement mitigations. Best suited to candidates with hands-on hardware reverse engineering and low-level software security experience, ideally with some exposure to AI or distributed systems.
Mid level · 3+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 220 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 45–330
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $179,993 (middle half $128,832–$221,179). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Security Engineer' with no level modifier; advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 3+ years minimum and scope of responsibilities (assessments, tooling, frameworks) support a Mid-level classification.
The embedded/hardware security domains (hardware reverse engineering, firmware security, security architecture & design, electrical engineering, microcontroller security, cryptography) are listed under Requirements as 'experience in several of the following' — they are collectively a hard gate even though no single domain is individually mandatory. All are marked required to reflect that the candidate pool must demonstrate meaningful coverage across these areas.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent years of experience in a related technical field' as an alternative to a BS, so the degree requirement is set to None.
AI experience appears only in the introductory narrative describing the company's product context, not in the Requirements section; it is marked preferred accordingly.
The extremely wide compensation band ($150K–$350K) is quoted verbatim from the posting and reflects the company's stated variability based on individual factors.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is primarily a security analyst/engineer function (15-1212), but the strong emphasis on building tooling, frameworks, and technical solutions also has meaningful overlap with software development (15-1252).
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): hardware reverse engineering, security architecture, electrical engineering.
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