Senior Software Engineer; Embedded Security

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Software Engineer at Garmin's Cary, North Carolina location. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership and project planning for software development for products, applications, or systems new to Garmin as an individual contributor. You will develop and maintain production embedded software and automated security test capabilities, review product designs and vulnerabilities, and support cybersecurity regulatory compliance efforts, including the European Union Cyber Resilience Act and similar initiatives.

A substantial portion of this role will remain focused on hands‑on software development.

This position is well-suited to an experienced embedded software engineer with a strong interest in product security who wants to expand their responsibilities into security analysis, defensive testing, risk assessment, and cybersecurity regulatory compliance. Prior formal cybersecurity compliance experience is beneficial but not required.

• Serves in a leadership capacity as an individual contributor, developing embedded software in C, C++, Python, Assembly language, or other selected languages for new and existing products, systems, and engineering tools
• May serve as a Lead Software Engineer for complex projects and reviews software architectures, modules, and systems supporting new technology or improving the capability, performance, reliability, or security of existing functionality
• Provides technical ownership for selected security‑critical software components, potentially including services associated with hardware roots of trust, secure elements, cryptographic functions, key management, or Trusted Execution Environments
• Decomposes functional, security, and regulatory requirements into well‑defined engineering tasks and develops appropriate software solutions based on product architecture, operating environment, and identified risks
• Performs peer technical assessments and reviews embedded software and system designs for security weaknesses, regulatory concerns, appropriate use of security controls, and sound engineering practices.
• Analyzes product attack surfaces, vulnerabilities, trust boundaries, and potential misuse to determine realistic impact and recommend appropriate remediation, mitigation, or risk treatment.
• Develops and maintains automated security, robustness, penetration, and fuzzing test capabilities for Marine products within laboratory and continuous-testing environments.
• Assists with cybersecurity compliance analysis, risk assessments, technical documentation, and evidence development for major regulatory initiatives such as the European Union Cyber Resilience Act
• Participates in project leadership and program planning, including evaluating technical feasibility, identifying risk, setting schedules, and providing input to product development and cybersecurity plans
• Communicates technical security and compliance conclusions across engineering and business organizations and constructively challenges designs, assumptions, or proposed risk decisions when the available evidence does not support them
• Plans and manages complex technical assignments with a high degree of independence while balancing software development, analysis, documentation, and compliance deliverables
• Mentors less‑experienced engineers, contributes to advanced technical research, and recommends improvements to engineering and product‑security processes

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated proficiency with designing well architectured software systems and modules that support new technology or improve capability/performance of existing functionality
• Demonstrated competence with researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate algorithmic solutions
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a lead software…