Senior AI Security Research Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Deliver accurate, consistent security assessments of Samsara's software, code and firmware, evaluating their resilience against AI-driven/adversarial attacks, and implement fixes
• ▹Translate general AI security findings into Samsara-specific fixes for the application security layer, including adapting techniques built for software to hardware and embedded firmware
• ▹Build and pressure-test novel AI-enabled security tooling and workflows, then drive adoption of what proves valuable across the broader security org
• ▹Partner cross-functionally with engineering, hardware and leadership (including VP-level threat modeling sessions) as Samsara's go-to expert on AI-related security risk
• ▹Help define and drive Samsara's medium- and long-term strategy for adopting AI safely and effectively within security operations
• ▹Use frontier AI/LLM tools (e.g., Anthropic's and OpenAI's cybersecurity-specific programs) hands-on for both offensive validation (red-teaming own systems) and defensive tooling
• ▹Champion, role model and embed Samsara's cultural principles as the company scales globally

Requirements

• ▹8+ years of experience in application security, vulnerability management, threat modeling, offensive security or a closely related discipline, with demonstrated application fix impact and influence across a large part of an organization
• ▹Hands-on experience applying AI/LLM tools to real security workflows (not just as an end user), e.g. building with APIs, agents or automation to support security use cases
• ▹Experience conducting technical security assessments (e.g. offensive security or validation exercises) across both software and hardware/firmware environments
• ▹Experience creating solutions for secure code with engineers using languages such as GoLang
• ▹Experience developing AI and agentic solutions using GitHub, and developing within AWS cloud
• ▹Required, and essential to the role: experience integrating, securing or red-teaming AI-enabled systems (e.g., LLMs, agentic workflows, prompt injection/adversarial testing)

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with AI-specific attack techniques (prompt injection, jailbreaks, model/agent abuse) for vulnerability management and application security
• ▹Experience building or validating security controls for agentic AI, RAG systems or LLM-integrated platforms
• ▹A track record of driving org-wide security strategy or presenting technical findings to senior/executive stakeholders
• ▹Relevant industry certifications (e.g., OSCP, GIAC, CISSP) or AWS certifications

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Annual base salary: $157,675 - $238,500 USD
• ▹Initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance
• ▹Performance-based bonus/variable pay and equity (for eligible roles)
• ▹Flexible, employee-led remote model
• ▹Professional development stipend
• ▹Comprehensive health and parental leave plans

About the company

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, which lets organizations that depend on physical operations use IoT data to gain actionable insights. Its products include Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics and Equipment Monitoring.