Lead Engineer, Product Cyber Security

Date Posted:

2026-08-06

Country:

India

Location:

Unit 2A & 2B (Octave Block), 6th floor, Parcel - 4, Salarpuria Sattva - Knowledge City, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Zip/Postal Code: 500081

The Product Cyber Security Engineer works closely with product development teams across all global regions executing cyber security strategy of minimizing flaws and improving product resiliency to cyber-attacks by ensuring adherence to the integrated secure development lifecycle process, which embodies a secure-by-design defense in depth philosophy. You are a strong technical expert in matters related to threat modeling and cyber controls and will report to a team manager responsible for product architecture review and testing. This role is part of the Product Cyber team (under the Global DT Cyber team) which focuses on continuously improving the cyber posture of products that are often installed in customer's environments and products related to mobile and cloud components.

On a typical day you will:

• Work with product development teams to conduct functional cybersecurity risk assessments and identify applicable cybersecurity requirements throughout the full development lifecycle.
• Develop standard work documents for cybersecurity controls that meet technical requirements for systems and components, including requirements arising from standards such as IEC 62443.
• Coordinate with quality and product development teams to periodically update cybersecurity design policies and ensure those policies are incorporated into product design, including requirements for traceability, system validation, and verification.
• Lead or support standard work associated with product cybersecurity incident response management.
• Work closely with the product testing teams to validate recommended security controls
• Continually enhance the capabilities of the cybersecurity team by identifying technology and methodology gaps, participating in and leading technical and industry committees, and creating a discipline health scorecard.

• Identification of technology and methodology gaps
• Participating in and leading technical and industry committees

• Work in an environment focused on continuous improvement, lean processes, and product development.
• Stay updated on latest cyber security hacking news, technologies and methodologies including:

• The latest attack methodologies, including penetration testing and red-team methodologies
• Latest forensic and incident response methodologies.
• Attend security and hacker conferences to stay on the cutting edge of cybersecurity practices.

What You Will Need to be successfull:

• Ability to learn, adopt, and proficiently apply cybersecurity fundamentals, skills, and methods to design secure products and services.
• 5+ years of experience with product cybersecurity principles and hands-on implementation of security mitigation controls for products such as embedded, IoT, cloud, or mobile systems.
• Knowledge of IEC 62443 or similar recognized cybersecurity standards and frameworks.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art cybersecurity controls and mitigation methods
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity threat modeling and systematic threat discovery throughout the product lifecycle.
• Experience of risk assessment and risk treatment strategies utilizing recognized risk management frameworks.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with globally dispersed, cross-functional teams.
• Working knowledge of creating and using AI agents to automate workflows.
• Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related engineering discipline.

What is Nice to Have:

• Strong knowledge of cryptographic systems and requirements for authentication, authorization, and encryption across different types of systems.
• Knowledge and experience with incident response management and risk assessment
• Collaboration and contributions to global standards or related published papers.

• Experience with using AI tools to automate vulnerability finding and remediation
• Cybersecurity certifications such as OSCP, GSEC, CEH.

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day.

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.

Become a part of the Otis team and help us #Buildwhatsnext!

Privacy Policy and Terms:

Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms