# Product Security Manager at Northwood Space

- Company: Northwood Space
- What the company does: Take space missions further faster. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.northwoodspace.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Torrance, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $120K to $222K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/northwoodspace/f3109b15-86d2-4cd9-b252-0a5276455ef1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/northwood-space-product-security-manager/

## About the role

Own application security across the full software development lifecycle, ensuring security requirements are defined, validated, and enforced from design through production release. Conduct security architecture reviews and threat modeling for new product features, platform changes, and third-party integrations.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years in product security, application security, or a closely related security engineering discipline, with demonstrated technical leadership experience
- Deep expertise in SAST and DAST tooling, including tool selection, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and results-driven vulnerability remediation programs
- Hands-on experience conducting or coordinating penetration testing engagements, including scoping, execution, and remediation validation
- Strong applied cryptography knowledge, including symmetric and asymmetric encryption, PKI, key management, and secure protocol design
- Experience owning vulnerability management programs, including prioritization frameworks, SLA enforcement, and executive reporting
- Proficiency with secrets management platforms such as HashiCorp Vault, including policy design and access control architecture

Tags: Security