Senior Product Security Architect Airborne Mission Systems

General Dynamics UK Limited; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compressed nine-day fortnight

Career development plan

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

General Dynamics UK Limited is seeking a security engineering professional to join the GCAP programme, embedding security into complex airborne mission systems. You will own the product-security architecture, define strategy, lead threat modelling and risk assessments, and advise across systems, software and hardware engineering.

The role involves collaboration with customers and assurance stakeholders, delivering proportionate security decisions and promoting best practices across the programme.

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.
• Strong experience defining security requirements and secure-by-design approaches at system or product level.
• Experience leading threat modelling, security risk assessment and vulnerability-analysis activities.
• Experience providing technical leadership and making security architecture decisions across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Knowledge of cryptographic principles and their application within secure products or systems.
• Experience engaging with customers, partners and assurance stakeholders on complex security matters.
• Ability to translate security threats and risks into practical engineering requirements and design decisions.
• Degree-level qualification in engineering, computer science, cyber security or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in aerospace, defence, avionics, mission systems, embedded systems or other safety-critical products.
• Experience acting as a product-security technical authority, security architect or engineering lead.
• Knowledge of accreditation, certification and security-assurance approaches within regulated environments.
• Experience coaching or technically leading security engineers.
• Familiarity with digital engineering, model-based systems engineering or requirements-management tools.
• Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred.

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 relevant 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

Systems-security architecture

Secure by Design principles

Security standards

Security requirements

Threat modelling

Security risk assessment

Vulnerability analysis

Technical leadership

Security architecture decisions

Cryptographic principles

Customer engagement

Assurance stakeholders

Digital engineering

AI/ML familiarity

Education

Engineering or CS or cyber security degree

Job description

General Dynamics UK Limited is seeking a security engineering professional to join the GCAP programme, embedding security into complex airborne mission systems. You will own the product-security architecture, define strategy, lead threat modelling and risk assessments, and advise across systems, software and hardware engineering.

The role involves collaboration with customers and assurance stakeholders, delivering proportionate security decisions and promoting best practices across the programme.