Product Security Engineering Lead

Job Description

Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience. Location Wotton-under-Edge, Glouc. (no public transport available) Hybrid working 3 days/week onsite

To bring greater focus to our product security engineering activities, the Product Security Engineering Lead will be responsible for guiding and working with Renishaw’s product divisions to identify, assess, and mitigate security vulnerabilities in software and associated hardware products. They will work closely with development teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and help ensure products are secure and compliant with relevant standards and regulations, including the Cyber Resilience Act.

Responsibilities

Assess, establish and maintain clear guidelines and best practices for secure coding, vulnerability management, and incident response

Develop and maintain product security risk assessment processes, providing support and guidance to project teams

Develop scanning and review processes to discover security vulnerabilities and devise mitigation strategies, as well as report and resolve technical debt

Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in product security for projects during development phases, providing information security consulting and recommendations, and ensuring the implementation of approved security requirements

Collaborate with developers and their teams to ensure security is integrated at every stage of the software development lifecycle

Guide teams to automate security scans and tests and implement secure coding practices, ensuring product compliance with regulatory standards

Work with DevOps leads to ensure security tools and processes are integrated into their DevOps pipelines

Monitor and assess the effectiveness of the implemented cybersecurity controls

Coordinate activities with the owning product divisions when vulnerabilities are reported by 3rd parties, and guide the response

Work with development teams to remediate security vulnerabilities and prevent future incidents

Track and address security issues effectively, ensuring timely remediation and patching

Document and report results of the cybersecurity program to stakeholders

Organise, design and deliver cybersecurity training and awareness-raising activities

Share product security learning with the operational security team, and vice-versa

Stay updated on the latest security threats, trends and best practices

Identify opportunities to incorporate AI tooling into the development lifecycle, selecting and taking forward the most promising use cases

The successful candidate will have the following expertise and skills

Bachelor’s / Master’s degree – or equivalent work experience – in Computer Science, Information Security, Business, or a related field

circa 3 years of work experience in cybersecurity, especially in an information risk analysis, security engineering or security architecture role

Key requirements

Experience in performing penetration testing, secure code review, software composition analysis, static, dynamic and manual code review

Experience identifying and remediating common vulnerabilities, such as OWASP Top 10

Hands-on experience with security scanning tools

Proven experience in secure coding practices and vulnerability assessment

Experience securing hardware products controlled by software would be an advantage

Experience applying AI to security and development use cases

Familiar with threat modelling frameworks, and having experience with automated tools

Knowledge and skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams

Proficient in programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java, etc.

Able to handle multiple concurrent tasks

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R8817 Product Security Engineering Lead (Open)