Samsara

Senior AI Security Engineer

Samsara
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10 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$158k - $239k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Conduct security assessments of Samsara software, code, hardware, and firmware against AI-driven and adversarial attacks.
  • Translate general AI security findings into application, hardware, and embedded-firmware fixes.
  • Build, pressure-test, and drive adoption of AI-enabled security tooling and workflows.
  • Partner with engineering, hardware, and leadership, including VP-level threat-modeling sessions, as the organization’s AI security expert.
  • Define and drive the medium- and long-term strategy for safe and effective AI adoption in security operations.
  • Use frontier AI and LLM tools for offensive validation, red-teaming, and defensive security tooling.
  • Champion Samsara’s cultural principles across the organization.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in application security, vulnerability management, threat modeling, offensive security, or a closely related discipline.
  • Hands-on experience applying AI/LLM tools to security workflows, including building with APIs, agents, or automation.
  • Experience conducting technical security assessments across software and hardware/firmware environments.
  • Experience creating secure-code solutions with engineers using languages such as GoLang.
  • Experience developing AI and agentic solutions using GitHub and AWS.
  • Preferred experience with prompt injection, jailbreaks, model or agent abuse, and other AI-specific attack techniques.
  • Preferred experience building or validating controls for agentic AI, RAG systems, or LLM-integrated platforms.
  • Track record of driving organization-wide security strategy or presenting technical findings to senior or executive stakeholders.
  • Relevant certifications such as OSCP, GIAC, CISSP, or AWS certifications are preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote position for candidates in the US except the San Francisco Bay, New York City, and Washington, D.C. metro areas.
  • Flexible employee-led remote working model with offices available for those who prefer in-person work.
  • Professional development stipend.
  • Comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
  • Eligible employees may receive an initial RSU grant without a vesting cliff and ongoing performance-based refresh opportunities.
  • Compensation includes performance-based bonus or variable pay and equity for eligible roles.

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About Samsara

5,001-10,000 employees

Samsara builds a Connected Operations Cloud that uses IoT hardware and software to help fleets and other physical-operations organizations monitor vehicles, assets, and worksites. Its platform spans video-based driver safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, and mobile workflows, sold as subscriptions with accompanying devices. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Samsara is a public company on the NYSE (ticker: IOT) serving transportation, construction, manufacturing, field services, and government.

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