Principal System Security Engineer

BAE Systems; Totowa (NJ); On-site; USD 122,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking innovative engineers to safeguard critical technologies. This role involves designing security solutions that balance capability and security, requiring a Bachelor's degree and significant experience in systems engineering. You will work with cutting-edge technologies to analyze threats and propose effective countermeasures. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to national security while collaborating in a dynamic team environment. If you are passionate about engineering and security, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Disability Coverage

Life and Accident Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Legal Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 6+ years of experience in systems engineering.
• Experience with hardware/software integration and security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design security architectures based on adversary threats.
• Implement and test security countermeasures as per government guidance.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Writing System Requirements

Integrating Hardware and Software

Validating and Verifying Solutions

Cryptographic Algorithm Implementation

Secure Coding Practices

Security Protocols Implementation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Model-Based Systems Engineering (Cameo, MagicDraw)

COTS S-SOTA Components

Job description

Our Mission : Safeguard the United States' most critical technologies from exploitation to maintain our battlefield pre-eminence.

Our Need : Creative and innovative engineers with prior systems, hardware, or software engineering experience with the potential to outthink world-class reverse engineers.

In a modern approach to “Spy vs Spy,” BAE Systems uses state-of-the-art technology, advanced mathematics, and physics in novel ways to protect our systems and provide our customers with capability that endures.

Our engineers design solutions that achieve the optimum balance between product capability and defense-in-depth security. They apply all the lessons learned to our model-based design approach and frequently advance security state-of-the-art. They take their creative and innovative spirit to the extreme by playing the part of adversary through their identification of attack vectors. They propose countermeasures that provide the greatest protection at the best value for the system’s entire lifecycle.

BAE Systems is currently seeking creative, innovative problem solvers who are able to analyze, assess, anticipate, defend, and react to current and future attacks. Candidates should be capable of working in a team environment designing and implementing innovative protection schemes with rapidly evolving technologies used in various applications throughout the company.

Our Systems Engineers do a lot of amazing things, but for this role in particular you will :

• Design security architectures based on requirements from your analysis of adversary threats and proposed countermeasures
• Implement and test security countermeasures according to the guidance provided by the Government
• Work with Security State of the Art (S-SOTA) technologies
• Provide our customers with sophisticated, defense-in-depth security solutions

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

This role involves understanding systems engineering techniques and processes and requires a Bachelor’s Degree plus six or more years of work experience.

Additional critical skills include :

• Writing System Requirements
• Integrating Hardware and Software
• Validating and Verifying the delivered solution

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Our team analyzes adversary attacks and proposes hardware, software, and systems engineering countermeasures capable of providing defense-in-depth. We are very interested in candidates with any of the following experience :

• Cryptographic algorithm implementation
• Configuring security features of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) S-SOTA components
• Firmware development for COTS S-SOTA components such as Xilinx or Microsemi FPGAs
• Applying secure coding practices, securing operating systems, and virtualization
• Implementing and configuring security protocols
• Model-Based Systems Engineering using Cameo or MagicDraw

Full-Time Salary Range : $122640 - $208440

Please note : This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits : At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.