Staff Security Architect

Staff Security Architect

Garmin Cluj · Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-13

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Automotive

Description

At Garmin we create products that are designed indoors for outdoor activities. We do this to enable our customers to make the most of their time spent pursuing their passions.

We recognize the value of flexibility in supporting employee well-being, work-life balance, and effective collaboration. Associates may work from home up to four days per month, or one day per week, while remaining connected to the teams and culture that help us do our best work.

Our roles are primarily office-based because we believe the best ideas, innovation, and strongest professional relationships are built through in-person collaboration, making regular team interaction an important part of our culture and future success.

Garmin is a great place to work if you love developing products that make a difference and if you are passionate about technology.

Currently, in our Cluj office, we are looking for a Staff Security Architect to join one of our Automotive teams. Please discover more about Garmin Automotive OEM here.

Essential job functions:

• Lead product security strategy and architecture across the full product lifecycle.

• Provide technical leadership for secure product design, development, and deployment.

• Drive threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews.
• Define and implement security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Partner with engineering, customers, suppliers, and regulatory stakeholders on security initiatives.
• Champion security tools, automation, and scalable engineering solutions.
• Provide strategic security guidance for product and business decisions.
• Represent the company as a trusted security expert in external engagements.
• Build security awareness and capability through training and mentoring.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 14 years of relevant engineering experience
• Relevant product security or information security experience, including working knowledge of cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), software and application security (AppSec), secure software development practices, and hardware-based security controls
• Demonstrates expertise in product security architecture, threat modeling and risk assessment, security requirements and acceptance criteria, secure design review, vulnerability management, security verification planning, and pragmatic risk mitigation
• Demonstrates ability to lead major technical efforts, influence cross-functional engineering decisions, author standards and guidance, and communicate security risk and recommendations to both technical and business stakeholders
• Must possess detailed knowledge and experience with high-level language structure in C, C++, C#, Rust, Python, and/or Java relevant to Garmin business needs
• Demonstrates strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively and professionally with others under challenging circumstances
• Capable of mentoring junior engineer associates in security engineering practices
• Must possess pragmatic business analysis skills and apply them to threat prioritization, architecture trade-offs, and security investment decisions.

Benefits

Benefits to enhance your experience:

• 24 days off each year plus extra vacation days based on years at Garmin and compensation for legal holidays.
• Health package subscription and yearly budget for glasses.
• Monthly budget for sports and wellbeing activities.
• Local and global career development programs (training, mentorship, technical and leadership development, and more).
• Access to e-learning platforms and support for technical conferences attendance.
• Loyalty bonus within the company, plus other special bonuses (for holidays and personal life events).
• Meal tickets.

Yours exclusively when part of our team:

• Significant discount for Garmin products.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Contribution to the retirement plan (Pillar 3).
• Garmin products available for testing and borrowing.
• A comprehensive event series championing wellbeing, sports, and community tailored to foster holistic health (featuring sports events, classes, hackathons, parties, and more).
• Other benefits which we invite you to discover along the recruitment process.

Garmin Cluj is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability.

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