Lead Secure Systems Engineer: Cyber-Physical & Crypto

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, seeks a Principal System Security Engineer to design, integrate, and deploy secure platforms resilient to cyber, supply chain, and reverse engineering threats.

You will lead cross-disciplinary teams of system, hardware, and software engineers and interact with sponsors to articulate technical solutions. Requires a BS in a relevant field, 10+ years in system security engineering, MS preferred, and a current Secret clearance (Top Secret

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Mechanical/Systems Engineering or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in System Security Engineering or related role.
• Experience in security technologies for cyber-physical systems.
• Secret security clearance required; Top Secret preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross disciplinary team of system, hardware, and software engineers to support program execution.
• Communicate with program members, program offices, and sponsors to present work to the technical and evaluation community.
• Bring a systems engineering prospective to support development system architectures for secure solutions.
• Support analysis of Draper, customer, and sponsor developed systems to evaluate effectiveness and suitability.
• Manage and control priorities, scope, schedule, and cost to baselines by proactively monitoring program/task performance across larger activities.
• Independently derive system-level requirements based on mission requirements and defines plan and approach to solve complex problems.
• Supports helping customers shape problems and needs.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to develop and implement security approaches through a program lifecycle.
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers. Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.

Skills

System engineering

Security engineering

Cryptography

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

DOORS

MATLAB

Python

Job description

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, seeks a Principal System Security Engineer to design, integrate, and deploy secure platforms resilient to cyber, supply chain, and reverse engineering threats.

You will lead cross-disciplinary teams of system, hardware, and software engineers and interact with sponsors to articulate technical solutions. Requires a BS in a relevant field, 10+ years in system security engineering, MS preferred, and a current Secret clearance (Top Secret