Principal Med Device Security Engineer

Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech cybersecurity team is recruiting for an experienced Principal Product Security Engineer. The role can be remote or located onsite in Danvers, MA or Raritan, NJ. This role will require up to 10% travel.

As a Principal Product Security Engineer, you will own the Product Security process for Heart Recovery medical devices throughout the product development lifecycle, including pre‑market and post‑market phases.

Core Responsibilities

• Align with J&J Product Security’s overarching framework and drive alignment to the Product Security strategy and objectives within Heart Recovery.
• Define and implement secure boot, firmware integrity validation, and anti‑tamper mechanisms to protect device firmware against unauthorized modification.
• Enforce cryptographic protocols for data‑at‑rest and data‑in‑transit, ensuring compliance with FDA cybersecurity requirements, NIST 800‑175, FIPS 140‑3, and IEC 62443.
• Define and implement key management infrastructure (PKI, HSMs, TPMs, and secure enclave integration) for device identity, authentication, and software signing.
• Develop real‑time vulnerability assessment techniques for detecting security flaws in wireless communications (Bluetooth LE, NFC, Wi‑Fi, 5G, proprietary RF) used in medical devices.
• Implement Zero Trust security for device‑to‑cloud connectivity, integrating mTLS and continuous authentication models into clinical applications.
• Oversee secure over‑the‑air (OTA) update mechanisms, ensuring firmware rollbacks, code signing, and supply chain integrity validation.
• Lead Secure Development Lifecycle practices, integrating threat modeling, static/dynamic analysis, fuzz testing, and formal verification into the development process.
• Work with R&D Engineering to define hardware security architecture, including trust zones, hardware root of trust (HRoT), and secure microcontroller protections.
• Implement memory safety strategies to mitigate buffer overflows, side‑channel attacks, and execution vulnerabilities in real‑time operating systems (RTOS) and bare‑metal firmware.
• Respond to customer cybersecurity questionnaires and contractual language for post‑market medical devices under your responsibility as necessary.

Requirements (Qualifications)

• 8+ years industry experience in Information Security.
• 5+ years experience with embedded system, IOT, or medical device cybersecurity.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience generating threat models without the use of threat modeling tools.
• Experience performing risk assessments utilizing CVSS 3.1 or higher, with STRIDE per element.
• Ability to write technical security requirements for embedded systems and web platforms based on the latest regulations.
• Understanding and execution of third‑party penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, CVSS and/or other general security testing principles.
• Experience supporting regulatory security submissions, ensuring compliance with FDA Cybersecurity Guidance (2025), EU MDR, NIST 800‑53, IMDRF, and AAMI TIR57.
• Knowledge of real‑time operating systems hardening techniques.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles.
• Ability to generate SBOMs from source code, binaries, firmware, and operating systems.
• Ability to generate pre‑market risk assessments against the threat model leveraging STRIDE and post‑market risk assessments via SCA SBOM scans.
• Ability to generate the security architecture views for medical devices that could include: Global System View, Multi‑Patient Harm View, Updateability/Patchability view, and detailing system boundaries, data flows, and external interactions to show risk mitigation, ensuring transparency, and supporting post‑market management.
• Ability to translate technical security requirements into solutions.
• Ability to provide secure coding recommendations and execute reviews.
• Data privacy experience, including HIPAA and GDPR.
• Understanding of industry standards and certifications such as HITRUST & ISO 27001.
• Ability to work autonomously and proactively seek out product security opportunities within heart recovery.
• Ability to lead large projects and proven ability to track to project plan timelines from a security perspective.
• Ability to create and deliver cybersecurity awareness campaigns and other communications.
• Creative problem‑solving skills.
• Customer focus (internal & external).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to network, interface and influence at all levels of the organization, cross‑sector, cross‑functionally and globally.
• Strong leadership skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience leading or participating in formal security audits.
• Experience with operating systems such as QNX, QOS, Yocto, Linux Ubuntu, Alpine.
• Familiarity with FDA and/or other global regulatory cybersecurity guidance requirements and submission process.
• Experience with web applications and server hardening (e.g., AWS, Azure) including knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and blue‑team techniques.
• Experience in cybersecurity pre‑sales.
• Software development experience.
• CISSP, CISM, or other security certification.
• Master’s and/or advanced degree.

Compensation

Base pay range: $102,000.00 – $177,100.00.

Benefits

• Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year.
• Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year (48 hours if residing in Colorado; 56 hours if residing in Washington).
• Holiday pay, including floating holidays – 13 days per calendar year.
• Work, personal and family time – up to 40 hours per calendar year.
• Parental leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child.
• Bereavement leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
• Caregiver leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period; 10 days.
• Volunteer leave – 32 hours per calendar year.
• Military spouse time‑off – 80 hours per calendar year.
• Eligible for the company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and 401(k) savings plan subject to plan terms.
• Other benefits details available at

Equal Opportunity

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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