Penetration Tester II

Mountain View, CA on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description
About
AutoRoboto is a consulting firm that specializes in engineering and management that has provided services for some of the largest tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. These services include mechanical, electrical, software design, data collection quality assurance, and testing of new hardware and software. We pride ourselves on being a small company able to be extremely flexible to customers ever changing demands.

The Role
As a penetration tester, you’ll take a proactive, offensive role in cybersecurity by performing penetration attacks on existing digital systems. These tests might use a variety of hacking tools and techniques to find gaps that hackers could exploit. Throughout the process, you’ll document your actions in detail and create a report on what you did and how successful you were at breaching security protocols. 

Responsibilities

  • Analyze attacks and perform reverse engineering to define vulnerabilities
  • Planning and executing tests, documenting your methodologies, and creating detailed reports about your findings.
  • Create new testing methods to identify vulnerabilities
  • Identify security weaknesses - Pinpoint methods and entry points that attackers may use to exploit vulnerabilities or weaknesses
  • Collaborating with team members to creatively solve problems

Qualifications

  • Good working knowledge of linux command line
  • Critical thinker and problem solver
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Excellent communications skills and ability to document and share findings
  • Strong collaboration skills and experience working cross-functionally
  • An ability to “think like the enemy” in order to combat the full range of techniques and strategies that hackers might employ, or even to anticipate new ones

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years experience in mobile testing, scientific lab work, or thorough debugging experience
  • 1+ year experience in animation / game development
  • Research or work experience in facial recognition
  • Proficiency with Photoshop
  • Photography advanced knowledge
  • Experience using 3d printers and other maker space tools
Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
Life
401k match
Tuition reimbursement
Paid maternity/paternity leave
Paid holidays per year
Paid vacation

Compensation (from employer):
90000–105000 USD per year

About this role

Summary

Perform penetration tests, identify security vulnerabilities, document findings, develop testing methods, collaborate with team.

Job title

Penetration Tester II

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Mountain View, CA; on-site preferred

Salary

90000–105000 USD per year

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

linux command lineproblem solvingcommunicationcollaboration

Preferred skills

mobile testingdebuggingfacial recognitionphotoshopphotography3d printing

Specializations

penetration testingcybersecurityreverse engineeringvulnerabilities
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Mountain View, CA, USA

On-site City