Lead Product Security Engineer – Avionics & Flight Systems

General Dynamics Missions System International; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Career development plan

Flexible benefits

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems is seeking a Product-Security Engineer to help embed security into complex airborne mission systems. You will own the product-security architecture and define secure-by-design requirements across the programme lifecycle.

You will lead threat modelling, risk assessment, and accreditation activities, providing technical authority across systems, software and hardware engineering. This hybrid UK role offers flexible working and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Significant experience developing or leading product-security or systems-security architecture for complex engineered products.
• Knowledge of Secure by Design principles and relevant product and systems security standards.
• Experience leading threat modelling, security risk assessment and vulnerability-analysis activities.

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, balancing operational capability, technical risk and programme constraints.
• Lead engagement with customers, programme partners and assurance stakeholders.
• Review security evidence and ensure that proposed designs and mitigations support the required assurance outcomes.
• Coach and provide technical guidance to security and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Drive the adoption of consistent product-security methods, tools and good practice across the programme.

Skills

Product-security architecture

Secure by design

Threat modelling

Security risk assessment

Security architecture leadership

Education

Degree in engineering / computer science / cyber security

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems is seeking a Product-Security Engineer to help embed security into complex airborne mission systems. You will own the product-security architecture and define secure-by-design requirements across the programme lifecycle.

You will lead threat modelling, risk assessment, and accreditation activities, providing technical authority across systems, software and hardware engineering. This hybrid UK role offers flexible working and a competitive package.