Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer

ITMC Systems, Inc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ITMC Systems, Inc is seeking a Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to lead cybersecurity for aerospace and defense programs. The role covers threat modeling, security assessments, secure development support, hardware security, and customer-facing engagements for federal and commercial projects.

Responsibilities include threat modeling, risk assessments, security architecture reviews, and supporting secure development with code signing, cryptography, secure boot, and firmware

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading cybersecurity for aerospace and defense programs.
• Experience with threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews.
• Familiarity with hardware security concepts and cryptographic basics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and avionics programs.
• Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews.
• Support secure software development, code signing, cryptography, secure boot, and secure firmware update processes.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security assessments

Hardware security

Secure development

Customer-facing security

Job description

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to join our Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CoE) and lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and defense programs. The role involves threat modeling, security assessments, secure development support, hardware security, compliance, and customer-facing cybersecurity engagements for federal and commercial aerospace projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and avionics programs.
• Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews.
• Support secure software development, code signing, cryptography, secure boot, and secure firmware update processes.
• Conduct cybersecurity testing, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing.
• Define cybersecurity measures for aerospace embedded systems, controllers, and aircraft platforms.
• Support compliance with aerospace and federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Review customer requirements, RFIs/RFQs, and contribute to proposal development.
• Interface with customers, federal contractors, and internal engineering teams.
• Support lab-based testing and occasional on-site assessments at customer and aircraft locations.