Product Security Engineer, Sea Machines Robotics
Autonomous control & perception for the maritime industry
Open for applications
Autonomous control & perception for the maritime industry
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To revolutionise marine navigation with data-driven intelligence, autonomy, and connectivity.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field; Master's degree preferred
- 3+ years working in Product Security and CI/CD or software development
- Strong, demonstrable networking security experience — VPNs, routing, and firewalls
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, VPC, cloud-native security services)
- Hands-on experience with SAST/SCA tools (SonarQube or equivalent) and integrating them into CI/CD (Jenkins or equivalent)
- Experience with observability/monitoring platforms (Datadog or equivalent) for security use cases
- Deep understanding of software-security principles and cloud-infrastructure security
- Strong knowledge of security protocols, cryptography, secure coding practices, and OAuth/auth protocols
- Experience with security tools such as IDS/IPS, firewalls, and vulnerability scanners
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, or similar
- Proficiency in common operating systems (Linux, Windows) and deep familiarity with networking protocols
- Understanding of compliance and security frameworks (e.g., CMMC, CIS Benchmarks)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams
- Comfortable with a fast-paced development schedule
- Experience collaborating with other functional teams to define requirements and goals
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Product Security Engineer with strong networking expertise to secure our fleet
- Of autonomous vessels and supporting infrastructure
- This role owns vulnerability management,
- Secure development practices, and network security across our distributed, remote-connected
- Systems (VPN/mesh networking, vessel-to-shore links)
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing on applications, systems, and network infrastructure
- Design, harden, and maintain network security architecture, including segmentation, VPN/mesh networks (e.g., Tailscale) and firewalls across vessel-side and cloud-side systems
- Secure and harden our AWS cloud infrastructure, including IAM policies, VPC/network configuration, and cloud-native security tooling
- Integrate and manage SAST and SCA tooling (e.g., SonarQube) into the development pipeline to catch vulnerabilities and dependency risks pre-deployment
- Build and maintain security monitoring using observability platforms such as Datadog, including alerting on anomalous network and application behavior
- Integrate security gates into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), working with development teams to embed security best practices into the SDLC
- Monitor and respond to security incidents and breaches, with particular attention to network-layer threats
- Develop and maintain security tools and frameworks
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to security practices and protocols
- Provide security and software development support to the DevOps team
Our take
Allied Research predicts the autonomous maritime industry could be worth $130 billion within a decade. Funding is pouring into the industry with more evidence coming in that autonomous ships both reduce emissions and promise fewer accidents.
Sea Machines manufactures a number of vessel intelligence systems that provide “operator-in-the loop” autonomous command and control. The approach pushes the edge of autonomy while guaranteeing safety for clients’ precious human and economic capital.
Already being used in a variety of use-cases from large cargo vessels to oil-spill response, the startup is determined to only drive more applications of its autonomous steering software as well as introduce new robotics and object-recognition products for the industry.
While giants like IBM and Rolls-Royce can weather the sometimes drawn-out gaps between capital investments and revenues, Sea Machines is a significantly smaller enterprise. However, despite its relative ‘youth’, the startup has demonstrated product-market fit better than most, with promising results so far such as its STEAMRACER-class autonomous surface ship advancing into the US Navy’s final competitive evaluation phase.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2024
$12m
LATE VC
Jul 2020
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $39.4m
Company benefits
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Company HQ
Jeffries Point, Boston, MA
Leadership
Michael Johnson
(CEO & Founder)Founded Sea Machines while working on an oil-spill response team for Titan Salvage in the Arctic. Worked in the Maritime and Offshore industries for over two decades.
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