Senior Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer – Defense & UAS

Zone 5 Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 176,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Company Holidays

Job summary

Zone 5 Technologies seeks a Software Cybersecurity Engineer to lead cybersecurity protections for advanced unmanned aircraft systems, embedded software, and defense platforms.

This role integrates security throughout the product lifecycle, including hardware interfaces, cryptographic protections, secure deployment, and real-time constraints while collaborating across Software, Systems, Hardware, GNC, and Platform Engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, CE, EE, Cybersecurity or equivalent.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity, embedded software security, or systems security.
• Strong programming in C, C++, Python or similar.
• Experience designing protections for embedded systems/RTOS.
• Knowledge of cryptography, secure boot, authentication, and software integrity.
• Threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and security architecture reviews.
• Hardware/software security boundaries and secure software deployment.
• Ability to lead cybersecurity engineering across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity architecture and engineering for embedded flight software and mission-critical systems.
• Design and implement protections against unauthorized access and cybersecurity threats.
• Develop and integrate secure boot, cryptographic key management, and software signing.
• Conduct threat modeling, attack surface analysis, and risk evaluations across hardware/software.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Embedded systems

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Software security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Actions

Docker

Artifactory

Job description

Zone 5 Technologies seeks a Software Cybersecurity Engineer to lead cybersecurity protections for advanced unmanned aircraft systems, embedded software, and defense platforms.

This role integrates security throughout the product lifecycle, including hardware interfaces, cryptographic protections, secure deployment, and real-time constraints while collaborating across Software, Systems, Hardware, GNC, and Platform Engineering teams.