Staff Security Architect (Product/Device Security)

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Staff Security Architect at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for applying product security expertise to shape secure architectures, technical direction, and engineering practices across major AOEM products and programs.

The Staff Security Architect leads the resolution of complex, cross-disciplinary security problems; translates long-range product and business objectives into practical security strategies; and influences technical decisions on organizational objectives, customer commitments, and regulatory obligations.

Essential Functions

Serve as a recognized product security authority for AOEM products and programs, providing expert guidance for architecture, design, implementation, integration, production, and product lifetime support

Exercise a significant degree of technical leadership on projects and programs

Determine security objectives, organize complex security work, and develop standards and guides for engineering activities

Develop and maintain product security strategies and roadmaps across multiple product lines, aligning security direction with business objectives, customer commitments, production considerations, and applicable regulatory requirements

Understand current and emerging security threats and technologies; lead threat analysis and risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, and security trade-off decisions based on threat likelihood, business impact, technical feasibility, and residual risk

Lead security architecture and design reviews spanning multiple engineering disciplines; identify systemic risks, define pragmatic mitigations, establish acceptance criteria, and guide full-system security architecture for reuse, cost efficiency, and scalability.

Define and promote policies, processes, standards, methods, and guidelines that integrate security into product development and enable consistent application across projects, product lines, suppliers, and engineering organizations

Provide substantial technical input to product development plans, concept documents, feasibility assessments, sourcing decisions, customer responses, and security roadmaps; evaluate business pursuits and awarded projects and recommend courses of action needed to obtain desired results

Evaluate, recommend, and promote security engineering tools, reusable components, automation, and validated design patterns that improve security outcomes and engineering efficiency

Partner across software, systems, hardware, verification, manufacturing, operations, quality, program management, legal/compliance, customers, and suppliers to resolve security issues that cross organizational or technical boundaries

Represent Garmin effectively in technical security discussions with customers, suppliers, industry partners, peer groups, and regulating or standards organizations when assigned

Provide security-focused training and awareness and contribute to the growth of security knowledge and capability across engineering teams

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree AND a minimum of 14 years relevant engineering experience

Relevant product security or information security experience, including working knowledge of cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), software and application security (AppSec), secure software development practices, and hardware-based security controls

Demonstrates expertise in product security architecture, threat modeling and risk assessment, security requirements and acceptance criteria, secure design review, vulnerability management, security verification planning, and pragmatic risk mitigation

Demonstrates ability to lead major technical efforts, influence cross-functional engineering decisions, author standards and guidance, and communicate security risk and recommendations to both technical and business stakeholders

Demonstrates strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively and professionally with others under challenging circumstances

Must possess detailed knowledge and experience with high-level language structure in C, C++, C#, Rust, Python, and/or Java relevant to Garmin business needs

Capable of mentoring junior engineer associates in security engineering practices

Must possess pragmatic business analysis skills and apply them to threat prioritization, architecture trade-offs, and security investment decisions

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits