Lead Product Security Engineer - Airborne Systems

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Hybrid work (3 days in office)

Nine-day fortnight

Career development

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. is seeking a product-security engineer to lead the architecture for airborne mission systems within the GCAP programme in the UK. You will work with systems, software, and hardware teams to embed security across the lifecycle and ensure robust assurance outcomes.

The role emphasizes threat modelling, security-risk assessments, and collaboration with customers and partners to deliver secure, high-integrity mission computing solutions for aviation platforms.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading product-security or systems-security architecture for complex engineered products.
• Experience with Secure by Design principles and standards in defence/aerospace environments.
• Strong ability to define security requirements and secure-by-design approaches at system or product level.
• Experience leading threat modelling, security risk assessment and vulnerability-analysis activities.
• Proven track record providing technical leadership and security-architecture decisions across multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of cryptographic principles and their application in secure products.
• Experience engaging with customers, partners and assurance stakeholders on security matters.
• Ability to translate threats and risks into practical engineering requirements and design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the product-security architecture for complex airborne mission systems.
• Define the security strategy, requirements and secure-by-design approach across the programme lifecycle.
• Lead threat modelling, vulnerability analysis, security risk assessment and accreditation activities.
• Provide technical authority and informed security advice across systems, software and hardware engineering.
• Make and communicate proportionate security decisions balanced against operational needs and constraints.
• Lead engagement with customers, programme partners and assurance stakeholders.
• Review security evidence and ensure designs and mitigations support assurance outcomes.
• Coach and provide technical guidance to security and multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive adoption of consistent product-security methods, tools and good practice across the programme.

Skills

Security architecture leadership

Secure by design

Threat modelling

Security risk assessment

Technical leadership

Cryptographic principles

Customer engagement

Requirements translation

Education

Engineering / CS / Cybersecurity degree

Tools

MBSE tools

Requirements management tools

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. is seeking a product-security engineer to lead the architecture for airborne mission systems within the GCAP programme in the UK. You will work with systems, software, and hardware teams to embed security across the lifecycle and ensure robust assurance outcomes.

The role emphasizes threat modelling, security-risk assessments, and collaboration with customers and partners to deliver secure, high-integrity mission computing solutions for aviation platforms.