Product Cybersecurity Engineer​/Specialist

Position: Product Cybersecurity Engineer / Specialist
Location: Harwell

Job Description

Location:

Harwell, Oxfordshire (Hybrid)
Company:
Agilent Technologies - Spectroscopy & Vacuum Division Overview We  are seeking an experienced Product Cybersecurity Engineer to lead and support cybersecurity activities across our spectroscopy and vacuum product portfolio. This role is critical to ensuring our products meet evolving global cybersecurity regulations, customer requirements, and industry best practices—particularly in regulated markets such as aviation security, customs & borders, pharmaceuticals, and defence.

You will work cross-functionally with R&D, Product Security, Agilent IT , Sales, and Marketing teams, ensuring cybersecurity is embedded throughout the product lifecycle—from design and development through to deployment and ongoing support.

You will report to the R&D Software Manager as part of the team responsible for writing the software/firmware that runs our instruments but it is expected that this will be a cross-functional and cross-product role.

The role will be based out of our Harwell, Oxfordshire office in the UK. There is some expectation to be on-site for hands-on work with our products, but we operate a hybrid model (2-3 days working from home, 2-3 days on-site) as a standard option.

Key Responsibilities
1. Cybersecurity Compliance & Regulation Interpret and apply global cybersecurity and privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR, EU Cyber Resilience Act). Aligning approach with Legal and the CISO organisation.

Act as product line lead for EU CRA readiness, including:

Product cybersecurity documentation

Policy and procedure development

Coordination and collaboration with product teams and central security functions

Own and track remediation plans to ensure continued product compliance.

Maintain and review cybersecurity requirements aligned to target markets (e.g. defence, aviation, customs).Ensure products are GDPR compliant.
2. Sales & Customer Cybersecurity Support Support Sales and Marketing with cybersecurity content for tenders and bids:

Contribute to cybersecurity whitepapers and standard documentation

Provide technical input for tender compliance submissions

Participate in customer-facing cybersecurity discussions, where needed.

Review customer and regulatory documentation and translate requirements into product development inputs.

Stay aligned with industry developments and best practices.
3. Secure Product Development Ensure products meet:

Internal Agilent security policies and procedures

External regulatory and customer requirements

Drive a proactive cybersecurity approach within product development.

Conduct or support cybersecurity testing and assessments, identifying vulnerabilities and providing reports.

Collaborate with R&D to:

Analyse vulnerabilities

Identify false positives and controls

Conduct threat modelling

Define, implement and track remediation plans

Provide technical guidance on:

Encryption and key management

Patch management

Identity and user management

Contribute to infrastructure security (e.g. certificate and secret management).Support secure product configuration tailored to customer needs.
4. Dev Sec Ops  & Security Engineering Drive adoption of Dev Sec Ops  practices, including:

CI/CD security integration

Automated vulnerability scanning (e.g. Nessus)
Implement and maintain:

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
Lead Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) creation and management in the spectroscopy and vacuum product lines.

Perform application security and penetration testing in collaboration with the internal Product Security Program team.
5. Embedded Systems Security Secure Windows 10/11 IoT-based embedded systems, including:

Group policy and registry hardening

Attack surface reduction (services, ports, etc.)Patch and update management

Endpoint protection and antivirus

Mobile Device Management (e.g. Intune)
Implement Microsoft security features such as:

Bit Locker, App Locker, Unified Write Filter (UWF)
Support development and maintenance of embedded OS images.(Desirable) Knowledge of Embedded Linux security.
6. Continuous Improvement & Future-Proofing Monitor emerging threats,…