Product Security Engineer, 1X
Operating System
$175-187.5k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
General purpose androids
Be an early applicant
General purpose androids
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-187.5k
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To design androids that work alongside people, to meet the world’s labor demands and build an abundant society.
Role
Who you are
- Experience contributing and shipping C/C++ code (or similar) to production
- Strong experience with Linux operating system internals and security mechanisms
- Hands-on expertise with secure boot and verified boot implementations
- Familiarity with Trusted Execution Environments (e.g., OP-TEE or similar)
- Proven track record of applying least-privilege principles and hardening root-level services
- Proficiency with systemd and sandboxing, including namespacing, privilege restrictions, syscall filtering, and other techniques
- Experience designing security tools, automation, and templates for developers
- Knowledge of device access control and Linux permissions management
- Solid understanding of CI/CD integration for security validation
- Experience with NVIDIA Orin or similar SoC platform preferred
- Expertise in software development, including code auditing
What the job involves
- In this role, you will design and implement critical security features such as secure boot, trusted execution environments, and system service hardening
- You will ensure that sensitive operations and data remain protected while enabling developers to maintain security best practices
- This role will directly influence the resilience and trustworthiness of our robotics systems
- Develop and maintain secure critical services for Linux system
- Implement secure boot chains from fused hardware keys, ensuring verified OS and data partitions with rollback protection
- Integrate OP-TEE to safeguard sensitive assets such as mTLS certificates and disk encryption keys
- Harden system services using least-privilege operations, systemd features, namespacing, and syscall filtering
- Build hardening templates and automation tools to streamline security boundary enforcement for developers
- Automate security validation processes within CI/CD pipelines
- Design and enforce device access controls for Linux systems
Our take
The field of robotics has advanced massively in the last few years, to the point where androids no longer belong to the realm of science fiction. 1X, formerly known as Halodi Robotics, is developing androids capable of human-like movement and behaviour, to employ in workplaces across the globe.
1X's flagship model, EVE, boasts front and rear optics, wheeled navigation and gripper-hands. The android is strong enough to move shipments but gentle enough to handle fragile items, making it ideal for work in retail storerooms or distribution centers. In addition, it is able to open doors and take elevators, and its AI mind grants it heightened navigation abilities, meaning it is simple to fit into workplaces without making large adjustments.
With significant funding at its back, the company is now looking to scale up its manufacture of EVE androids, as well as accelerate the production of its second-gen bipedal android model NEO which is described as an "intelligent android assistant". Though the adoption of working androids is still in its early stages, 1X has certainly made a splash in the space and may well be one to watch as it takes its place in shaping the future of robotics.
Steph
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Insights
104% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Alviso, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Bernt Øivind Børnich
(CEO & Robotics Engineer)Has worked as a Senior Development Engineer for Data Respons, Senior Consultant for Inmeta Crayon, and System Developer for Bring Dialogue.
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