Cybersecurity Architect

About Knightscope

Knightscope is a security technology company building the Nation’s First Autonomous Security Force. The Company combines autonomous machines, advanced software, and human expertise to help protect people, property, and critical infrastructure. Knightscope’s long-term mission is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world

Job Summary

Knightscope is seeking a seasoned Cybersecurity Architect with 10+ years of experience to lead the security architecture function across our ASR platform, robotics systems, cloud services, and client-facing applications. This role is the authoritative voice for “secure by design” principles – shaping threat models, architectural patterns, compliance postures, and security engineering standards spanning embedded robotics, IoT communications, and enterprise cloud infrastructure.

About the Role

The Cybersecurity Architect operates at the strategic and technical intersection of robotics security, software platform security, and regulatory compliance, ensuring security is built in, not bolted on. This is not a coding developer/programmer role.

Location: Knightscope HQ, Sunnyvale, CA (This position is not remote)

Key Responsibilities

*Secure by Design Architecture*

• Define and own Knightscope’s enterprise-wide Secure by Design framework – architectural patterns, security reference architectures, and ADRs applied from initial concept through production deployment.
• Lead threat modeling (STRIDE, PASTA, Attack Trees) and security architecture reviews for ASR embedded systems, robotics pipelines, cloud APIs, and client-facing applications; drive zero-trust, least-privilege, defense-in-depth, and cryptographic hygiene as foundational design principles.
• Evaluate and gate third-party integrations, vendor systems, and supply chain components for security compliance before production onboarding.

*Robotics Systems Cybersecurity Architecture*...