Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cybersecurity Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA (onsite) seeks a Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to shape cybersecurity outcomes for aerospace and defense programs. You will lead end-to-end activities across threat modeling, architecture reviews, testing, vulnerability assessments, and secure development processes for embedded systems, controllers, and aircraft platforms.

You will collaborate with customers and federal contractors, support lab testing, and participate in on-site

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• 3+ years in aerospace cybersecurity.
• Aerospace threat modeling and risk assessments.
• Embedded systems security expertise.
• Knowledge of cryptography and code signing.
• Experience with vulnerability management.
• Familiarity with SDLC in secure environments.
• Hardware security and root-of-trust concepts.
• Familiarity with 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, including 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

Security architecture

Embedded systems security

Cryptography

Code signing

Secure SDLC

Vulnerability management

Hardware security / root-of-trust

ITAR awareness

FIPS 140-3 familiarity

Tools

DO-326A / ED-202A

DO-356A

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

FIPS 140-3

Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) tooling

Code signing tooling

Secure boot tooling

Job description

Pittsburgh, PA (onsite) is the backdrop for this Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) role, where you will help shape cybersecurity outcomes for aerospace and defense programs. The position combines hands-on technical work with customer-facing collaboration, supporting hardware security and compliance across embedded systems, controllers, and aircraft platforms.

As a senior engineer with aerospace-focused experience, you will lead key cybersecurity activities end-to-end, from threat modeling and security architecture reviews to testing, vulnerability assessments, and support for secure development processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and avionics programs.
• Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews.
• Support secure software development, including 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.

Requirements

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

Tools & Technologies

• DO-326A / ED-202A, DO-356A
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• FIPS 140-3
• Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Cryptography, code signing
• Secure boot, secure firmware update processes
• Threat modeling, risk assessments, penetration testing
• Vulnerability management, root-of-trust concepts
• ITAR

Preferred Qualifications

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