Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer

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

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Pittsburgh, PA seeks a Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and defense programs, including threat modeling, risk assessments, secure development support, and secure firmware updates.

The role involves customer engagements, interfacing with federal contractors, and ensuring compliance with DO-326A/ED-202A, NIST CSF, and FIPS 140-3.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• 3+ years of aerospace cybersecurity experience.
• Experience with aerospace threat modeling and risk assessments.
• Familiarity with aerospace cybersecurity standards such as DO-326A/ED-202A, DO-356A, NIST CSF, and FIPS 140-3.
• Experience supporting ITAR-controlled and/or federal aerospace programs.

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.

Skills

Threat modeling

Aerospace cybersecurity

Embedded systems security

Code signing

Cryptography

Vulnerability management

Hardware security

Job description

Title - Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Travel: May need up to 10% - 15%

Work Authorization: U.S. Person required (ITAR/Federal Programs). Only US Citizens required.

Role Overview

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.

Mandatory Requirements

• 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• 3+ years of aerospace cybersecurity experience.
• Strong experience with:
• Aerospace threat modeling and risk assessments
• Embedded systems security
• Cryptography and code signing
• Vulnerability management
• Hardware security and root-of-trust concepts
• Familiarity with aerospace cybersecurity standards such as:
• DO-326A / ED-202A
• DO-356A
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• FIPS 140-3
• Experience supporting ITAR-controlled and/or federal aerospace programs.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting FAA, DoD, defense, or commercial aerospace programs.
• Knowledge of aircraft control systems, avionics, and aerospace hardware security architectures.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work from the Pittsburgh cybersecurity lab.
• Willingness to travel as required for customer engagements and field testing.
• Strong communication skills to lead technical discussions and customer interactions.

Ideal Candidate

A hands-on cybersecurity professional with deep aerospace domain expertise who can independently lead cybersecurity assessments, customer discussions, and secure development activities for aerospace and defense projects.