Aerospace Cybersecurity Lead (Hardware)

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group seeks a Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to join its Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace programs. The role covers threat modeling, security assessments, and hardware security for federal and commercial projects.

You will lead threat modeling, risk assessments, security reviews, secure development support, and customer engagements, with occasional on-site work and travel.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• 3+ years of aerospace cybersecurity experience.
• Experience with threat modeling and risk assessments.
• Embedded systems security and hardware security concepts.
• Cryptography and code signing.
• Vulnerability management and secure firmware practices.

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 firmware update processes.
• Conduct cybersecurity testing, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing.
• Define cybersecurity measures for aerospace embedded systems and aircraft platforms.
• Support compliance with aerospace and federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Review customer requirements and contribute to proposal development.
• Interface with customers, federal contractors, and internal engineering teams.
• Support lab-based testing and on-site assessments as needed.

Job description

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group seeks a Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to join its Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace programs. The role covers threat modeling, security assessments, and hardware security for federal and commercial projects.

You will lead threat modeling, risk assessments, security reviews, secure development support, and customer engagements, with occasional on-site work and travel.