Autoroboto

Penetration Tester III at Autoroboto (Mountain View, CA)

Autoroboto· Mountain View, CA·

Role details

Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

About

AutoRoboto is a consulting firm that specializes in engineering and management that has provided services for some of the largest tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. These services include mechanical, electrical, software design, data collection quality assurance, and testing of new hardware and software. We pride ourselves on being a small company able to be extremely flexible to customers ever changing demands.

The Role

As a penetration tester, you’ll take a proactive, offensive role in cybersecurity by performing penetration attacks on existing digital systems. These tests might use a variety of hacking tools and techniques to find gaps that hackers could exploit. Throughout the process, you’ll document your actions in detail and create a report on what you did and how successful you were at breaching security protocols.

Responsibilities

  • Design and conduct engineering attacks
  • Develop methodologies for penetration testing
  • Document security and compliance issues
  • Automate common testing techniques to improve efficiency
  • Research, evaluate, and write technical and executive reports and communicate findings to both technical staff and executive leadership
  • Pinpoint methods and entry points that attackers may use to exploit vulnerabilities or weaknesses
  • Identify areas where improvement is needed

Qualifications

  • Research or work experience in facial recognition
  • Good working knowledge of linux command line
  • Critical thinker and problem solver
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Excellent communications skills and ability to document and share findings
  • An ability to “think like the enemy” in order to combat the full range of techniques and strategies that hackers might employ, or even to anticipate new ones

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years experience in mobile testing, scientific lab work, or thorough debugging experience
  • 1+ year experience in animation / game development
  • Proficiency with Photoshop
  • Photography advanced knowledge
  • Experience using 3d printers and other maker space tools

Benefits

Health Insurance Vision Dental Life 401k match Tuition reimbursement Paid maternity/paternity leave Paid holidays per year Paid vacation

Why work at Autoroboto

  • Culture highlights: A small, flexible team (7 employees) that works on hard, cross-disciplinary problems for real products. The company prides itself on being able to adapt to “ever changing demands.”
  • Remote/hybrid/office policy: Centrally located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Likely on-site or hybrid given the hardware/robotics focus.
  • Notable perks or engineering culture: Engineers get to work across every discipline — mechanical, electrical, software, data, and security — on products that ship to millions of users. The team includes alumni from Google, Amazon Lab126, Niantic, and other top tech companies.
  • Open roles (as of early 2026): Lead Penetration Tester, Penetration Tester III, Penetration Tester I, Technical Program Manager, Systems Integration Engineer.

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