Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer Job at Danaher in Vista

Overview

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Biosystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where your unique viewpoint matters. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. Leica Biosystems is transforming cancer diagnostics with the mission “Advancing Cancer Diagnostics, Improving Lives.” We empower clinicians with innovative, reliable solutions so they can give patients timely, accurate answers. You’ll be part of a diverse, collaborative global community focused on making an impact.

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Role summary

The Senior Engineer, Product Cybersecurity for Leica Biosystems embeds security and resilience across the product lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and support. Responsibilities include threat modeling, attack surface analysis, and risk assessments aligned with ISO 14971 and AAMI TIR57, as well as hands‑on design and implementation of secure software and system architectures. This role is part of the Research and Development Department in Vista, California and on-site. The role reports to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering and focuses on product lifecycle security, including threat modeling, security architecture, and requirements definition.

Responsibilities

• Manage product security risks by overseeing threat detection and analysis, prioritizing mitigations, validating effectiveness, and reporting residual risk to stakeholders.
• Implement and improve security mitigations (encryption, authentication, secure coding practices) and integrate security tools into the development pipeline and product development.
• Participate in the authoring and execution of test plans for security requirements testing, validation of security controls, and risk mitigations.
• Collaborate with Product Security representatives across Leica Biosystems and other Danaher Operating Companies to align on security requirements and best practices.
• Work cross-functionally with Quality, Regulatory, and Leadership to instill and promote cybersecurity throughout the product lifecycle.

Essential requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical/Computer Engineering, related discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience with threat modeling, secure software design, and security risk management
• Understanding of industry standards (IEC 62304, ISO 14971, IEC 81001-5-1, AAMI TIR57, AAMI SW96, CLSI AUTO11-Ed3)
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration (Engineering, Quality Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Program Management, Product Management)
• Experience with secure development lifecycle practices and integrating/using SAST, DAST, and SBOM tooling to ensure secure software development and maintenance

Travel and other requirements

• Ability to travel up to 10% (overnight, customer visits and conferences)

Preferred qualifications

• Certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GIAC, CCSLP
• Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence, Cybellum, Tenable Nessus, CIS-CAT Pro, Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool, CycloneDX, Sonatype, Veracode

Compensation and benefits

The salary range for this role is $140,000 – $160,000. This range is a good-faith estimate at the time of posting and may be adjusted. The role is eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: Compensation and benefits are determined at the sole discretion of the Company and may be modified at any time. No amount is considered wages or compensation until earned or vested.

Equal opportunity and accommodations

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The U.S. EEO posters are available internally. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact us at applyassistance@danaher.com or call 1-202-419-7762.