Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Your Title: Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Job Location: Christchurch, NZ (or Dayton, OH)

Our Department: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT)

Are you looking for a cybersecurity role with a global tech leader where you can take a lead role in securing the technology used in earthmoving equipment?

What You Will Do

As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer within CTCT, you will take a lead role in the secure design and implementation of machine control systems.  You will work with multi-discipline teams to identify product cybersecurity vulnerabilities, determine potential risks, and recommend appropriate actions.  You will lead secure product development processes, making ongoing adjustments in response to emerging security threats.  In this role, you will also work to improve the organisation’s cybersecurity preparedness by providing training and promoting a security-minded culture.

Travel may be required for up to 20% of your time, including international trips.

This will involve you doing the following:

• Work closely with product management, software architects, engineering, and security specialists to:

  • Identify threats and vulnerabilities in our current and planned products

  • Assess risks and impacts

  • Recommend and implement appropriate controls

• Align with Trimble/Caterpillar cybersecurity guidelines

• Leverage best practices, such as for a Secure Development Lifecycle, from industry and Trimble/Caterpillar

• Clearly articulate cyber risks and solutions to diverse audiences

  • Ensure that anyone who might alter the attack surface is aware of their responsibilities, and has the necessary understanding to act appropriately

  • Regularly assess and report on cybersecurity capabilities and status for both the product and the engineering process

  • Embed cybersecurity into everyday development processes

• Lead action in response to CVEs and other identified vulnerabilities

• Research and understand emerging information security threats and vulnerabilities

• Research, design, and advocate for new technologies, architectures, and security products that will support the security requirements for our products.

What you'll bring?

Along with being a team player, with strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative communication and working style, you will also need to have the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

• Proven senior-level experience with Information Security

• Broad knowledge of Cybersecurity across multiple domains, including software development, web applications, firmware, QA/test engineering, and operations

• Experience with ISO 27001, SAE J3061/ISO 21434, or similar (desirable).

About Your Location
Based at Trimble’s NZ headquarters in Christchurch (or our office in Dayton, OH), enjoy free parking, an onsite gym, an active social club, and a great team environment where people love working with leading technology solutions.

At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.

Please Note: Only applicants legally entitled to work in the relevant work location (NZ or USA) will be considered. 

About Our CTCT Division

The CTCT division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar) develops positioning and control products for earthmoving and paving machines in the construction and mining industries, using technologies such as GPS, optical total stations, lasers, and sonics. The products are used in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance. 

For more information on currently developed products, see construction.trimble.com/earthworks 

Trimble’s Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to ensure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.

Trimble’s Privacy Policy

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Pay Equity

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Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Hiring Range:

94100

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134600

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Bonus Eligible?

Yes

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Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our
candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals
without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including
childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic
information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and
harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal
history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider
qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for
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