The Role
As a Compliance Engineer, you will be building and operationalizing our compliance program and overseeing the day-to-day implementation of controls, helping us pass audits, and scaling our governance processes in a fast-paced SaaS environment. You’ll own the systems, tools, and automation workflows that allow us to meet and maintain standards like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, without slowing down the business.
Key skills:
- Experience with implementing one or more security automation platforms (e.g. Thoropass, Vanta, Drata, Secureframe)
- Experience with automating SOC 2 compliance
- Experience with interacting with corporate customers in a business-to-business setting
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience interacting with auditors
What you will do
- Design and manage GRC tools, evidence collection workflows, and vendor risk processes
- Support responses to customer security assessments and RFPs
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align security with product, legal, and customer trust requirements
- Track, measure, and report on control effectiveness and risk posture
- Lead and manage audits, internal readiness assessments, and third-party risk processes
- Automate and operationalize the compliance roadmap (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- For new compliance standards identify gaps and help drive
What you bring to the table
- 8+ years in compliance roles
- A systems-thinking mindset and a drive to eliminate manual, repetitive compliance tasks.
- Experience building compliance programs that scale with speed and minimal overhead.
- Proven experience implementing or supporting compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001
- Hands-on experience with GRC platforms and automating compliance workflows.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience deploying and scaling GRC tooling in early-stage environments
- Familiarity with customer trust programs and security questionnaire automation
- Experience with AI compliance and governance
Salary range estimated at $120,000 to $170,000
Top Skills
What We Do
PhysicsX is a deep-tech company of scientists and engineers, developing machine learning applications to accelerate physics simulations and enable a new frontier of optimization opportunities in design and engineering. Born out of numerical physics, we help our customers radically improve their concepts and designs, transform their engineering processes and drive operational product performance. We do this in some of the most advanced and important industries of our time – including Space, Aerospace, Medical Devices, Additive Manufacturing, Electric Vehicles, Motorsport, and Renewables. Our work creates positive impact for society, be it by improving the design of artificial hearts, reducing CO2 emissions from aircraft and road vehicles, and increasing the performance of wind turbines. We are currently recruiting for multiple positions, however please only apply for the role that best aligns with your skillset and career goals. We do not currently offer work experience
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