Security Engineer, Principal Member of Technical Staff

• Lead end-to-end incident response activities, including triage, investigation, containment, eradication, and post-incident review.
• Build and mature threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and network security programs to proactively reduce risk.
• Serve as a security advisor to engineering and infrastructure teams, translating complex security requirements into actionable guidance.

This role directly protects QuantumScape's solid-state battery technology, which aims to accelerate the transition to a lower-carbon future by enabling safer, faster-charging, higher-density energy storage.

• 10+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience across incident response, network security, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.
• Proficiency with SIEM platforms (Google SecOps, Microsoft Sentinel), endpoint protection (ThreatLocker), network detection (Darktrace), and vulnerability scanning (Tenable).
• Strong scripting skills in Python and/or PowerShell; working knowledge of Azure and/or GCP security services.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field required; CISSP preferred.

Salary range: $155,000 - $236,000 annually (USD). Additional compensation includes annual bonus and generous RSU/Equity package. Benefits include employee-paid health care, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and other benefits.

QuantumScape is on a mission to transform energy storage with solid-state lithium-metal battery technology, designed to enable greater energy density, faster charging, and enhanced safety to support the transition away from legacy energy sources toward a lower carbon future.