Principal Engineer, Product Cybersecurity (CRM)

Key/Primary Responsibilities

• Drive technical roadmap & process improvements within our organization for software developed the end-to-end (E2E) vehicle ecosystem (embedded, cloud, mobile app).

• Enhance release pipelines, maintaining high quality standards for code quality, quality assurance (QA) & operations.

• Product cybersecurity technical thought leadership in the research, design, development, manufacturing, and/or operations of the Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electrified mobility solutions and digital services.

• Individual contributor executing the roles and responsibilities of an engineering technical lead across multiple projects, processes, and teams.  Support activities include:

o Working with stakeholders to understand timeline, input/output, dependencies, etc.

o Technical experience to understand any “impediments” the team may experience

o Work with external stakeholders to remove “impediments” from the team

o Enforce release policies to ensure releases meet cybersecurity & quality standards.

• Execute the roles and responsibilities of an individual contributor across multiple projects and teams independently with very little oversight required.

• Liaise with line of business leaders and general other risk functions to deliver program needs within business units.

• 6 years experience in a software development / release management role, with an emphasis on hands-on software development, CI/CD, automation, & release engineering.
• 2 years experience in automotive, manufacturing, internet of things (IOT), and/or software industries.
• Experienced software developer in either: C, C , Golang, Java, or Python.
• Identify opportunities for process enhancements via automation & realize these synergies by performing the automation development.
• Create & maintain comprehensive documentation for software release process & deployment standards.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to create and present concepts and recommendations to technical peers and management.
• Strong technical competence in MS tool suite (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Fluent in English (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions.
• Demonstration of the following behavioral competencies:
• Delivering results as an individual and as a team
• Respect for peers and customers
• Customer service and relationship management
• Ability to understand both the individual and group role, recognize when problems impact other roles, and collaborate with group leadership as well as other impacted roles to solve complex problems
• Ability to understand management roles (group, project) and provide the appropriate information to management
• Ability to identify when tasks are at risk of getting completed on time and coordinating with management to address appropriately
• Initiative to identify and improve aspects of the business – policies, processes, procedures, technologies, reports, and templates as needed
• Self-education to continuously learn and invest in skills and knowledge relevant to the team and the position
• Going above and beyond by understanding the business, anticipating needs, and delivering results that meet all quality expectations
• Pro-active management and creation of tasks, definitions of done, and deliverable dates for tasks requested of you and projects you manage
• Mentoring and coaching that builds upon Toyota’s customer-focused philosophies that builds respect for consumer privacy

Added Bonus:

·       OSCP, SANS/GIAC, CISSP, or other related/equivalent certifications. 

·       Experience with compliance regulations/laws, security frameworks and standards (e.g., ISO/SAE 21434, NIST, HIPAA, ISO, COBIT, OWASP, ITIL, etc.).  

• Experience with one or more of the following industries: law enforcement, defense, intelligence community, automotive, manufacturing, software,  
• Bachelor’s degree or higher, in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience  
• Fluent in Japanese (reading, writing, speaking) for business and technical discussions.