Lead Space Crypto Architect

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

K2 Space in Los Angeles is seeking a Principal Crypto Engineer to own the design of Type-1 cryptographic integrations across spacecraft, payload, and ground systems. You will set standards and lead from concept through test, coordinating with the COMSEC Certification Lead on NSA approvals.

You will build encryption, key management, and key loading strategies across hardware and software, integrating crypto into flight software, FPGA, RF, and ground segments, shaping scalable interfaces for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of engineering experience designing or integrating cryptographic systems or secure communications.
• Hands-on experience integrating NSA Type-1 cryptographic equipment into a hardware or software system.
• Working knowledge of key management and key loading implementations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced startup atmosphere with competing priorities and aggressive schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture of Type-1 cryptographic integrations across the spacecraft, payload, and ground segment.
• Lead crypto designs from concept and trade studies through implementation, integration, and test.
• Design encryption, key management, and key loading implementations for command, telemetry, and mission data.
• Integrate cryptographic functions into flight software, avionics, FPGA, RF, and ground systems in partnership with those teams.
• Produce the design documentation and test evidence needed to support certification, working closely with K2’s COMSEC Certification lead.

Skills

Crypto engineering

NSA Type-1

Key management

Systems thinking

Startup pace

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Embedded systems

FPGA design

Flight software

Job description

K2 Space in Los Angeles is seeking a Principal Crypto Engineer to own the design of Type-1 cryptographic integrations across spacecraft, payload, and ground systems. You will set standards and lead from concept through test, coordinating with the COMSEC Certification Lead on NSA approvals.

You will build encryption, key management, and key loading strategies across hardware and software, integrating crypto into flight software, FPGA, RF, and ground segments, shaping scalable interfaces for