Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - Starshield Network Defense

Spacex; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer for the Starshield program to fortify the world’s largest US government satellite constellation.

You will lead hands-on defense, threat modeling, and red-team exercises to identify and fix vulnerabilities, ensuring secure operations across in-space sensors and ground systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement security features, improve incident discovery, and leverage AI tools to accelerate defenses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer security, or a similar field, and 5+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity for active production systems; OR 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity for active production systems.
• Experience in implementing systems for adversary detection and incident response.

Responsibilities

• This team's priority is to be prepared for immediate response to any active threat against our systems.
• Implement Starshield's cyber defense strategy. Continually assess the landscape of cyber threats and develop specific countermeasures for the Starshield systems. Continually run 'red-team' style exercises to both discover vulnerabilities as well as to practice the tactics the team will deploy in the event of attacks.
• Participate in vulnerability discovery efforts across Starshield. Run internal bug hunts to search for undiscovered vulnerabilities. Develop a team culture of continual curiosity and open-ended exploration. Utilize the latest tools, including AI, to accelerate both discovery and fixing of bugs in the system.
• Drive improvements into our incident discovery and response. This team will collaborate closely with the team building the internal systems we use to detect security events, and help drive improvement in our ability to discover active attempts at network intrusions.
• Work across teams to get results. This team will collaborate closely with the engineers implementing security features into our systems, as well as the team developing our internal incident discovery tools.

Skills

Network security

Vulnerability discovery

Blue Team

Red Team

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer for the Starshield program to fortify the world’s largest US government satellite constellation.

You will lead hands-on defense, threat modeling, and red-team exercises to identify and fix vulnerabilities, ensuring secure operations across in-space sensors and ground systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement security features, improve incident discovery, and leverage AI tools to accelerate defenses.