Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - Airborne Defense Systems

F7d8749a; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead cybersecurity activities for an airborne aerospace and defense platform. This role will integrate cybersecurity across avionics, mission systems, aircraft networks, communications, embedded software, and ground-support systems.

You will develop the platform’s cybersecurity architecture and protection strategy, perform threat modeling and risk assessments, and lead RMF activities to obtain required approvals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a cybersecurity, computer engineering, software engineering, or related field.
• Typically 5+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with aircraft, aerospace, defense, or mission-critical embedded systems.
• Knowledge of avionics, mission systems, networks, or data links.
• Experience with threat modeling, secure architectures, vulnerability analysis, and testing.
• Familiarity with DoD RMF, NIST guidance, cryptography, and key management.
• Strong leadership, writing, and customer communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop the platform’s cybersecurity architecture, requirements and protection strategy.
• Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis and risk assessments.
• Define protections for secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption and key management.
• Apply defense-in-depth across aircraft systems, networks, radios and interfaces.
• Lead DoD RMF activities and develop required authorization evidence.
• Evaluate hardware, software, firmware and supplier designs for cybersecurity risks.
• Develop cybersecurity verification plans and support vulnerability scanning and testing.
• Coordinate risk mitigation with engineering, suppliers, customers and program leadership.
• Ensure cybersecurity solutions support aircraft safety, availability and mission effectiveness.

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure system architecture

Vulnerability analysis

Cybersecurity leadership

DoD RMF familiarity

Cryptography & key management

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or related field

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead cybersecurity activities for an airborne aerospace and defense platform. This role will integrate cybersecurity across avionics, mission systems, aircraft networks, communications, embedded software, and ground-support systems.

You will develop the platform’s cybersecurity architecture and protection strategy, perform threat modeling and risk assessments, and lead RMF activities to obtain required approvals.