Senior Embedded Security Engineer - Secret Clearance

RTX; Largo (FL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

RTX, in collaboration with Collins Aerospace, seeks a Sr Embedded Systems Security Engineer for DoD programs based in Largo, FL. The role focuses on RMF, cybersecurity engineering for embedded systems, and coordination with cross-functional teams to incorporate security into system designs.

The candidate must hold a SECRET clearance and be eligible for on-site work. Relocation assistance is available, and the position offers competitive benefits within a large aerospace defense environment.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required , as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Active and transferable SECRET U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
• Experience performing cybersecurity or product security engineering activities for embedded, aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical systems
• Experience developing or executing security-focused system verification and validation activities, including test plans, procedures, test conduct, and results analysis
• Experience applying Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes to system certification, authorization, or security assessment activities
• Experience decomposing, allocating, implementing, and verifying cybersecurity requirements using systems engineering practices
• Experience analyzing system requirements, models, diagrams, interfaces, or architectures to identify security risks and develop mitigation recommendations
• Experience developing technical security documentation, including security requirements, assessments, certification artifacts, or verification documentation

Responsibilities

• Perform RMF Authorization to Operate (ATO) and NSA Type 1 Cryptographic Certification activities, including development and maintenance of required security documentation
• Perform cybersecurity requirement decomposition, allocation, implementation, and verification across assigned system components and interfaces using systems engineering practices
• Analyze system requirements, models, interfaces, and architectures to identify security vulnerabilities, develop mitigation recommendations, and maintain traceability between security requirements and system implementation
• Lead security engineering inputs for assigned system design reviews and document security risks, requirements, recommendations, and resolution status
• Coordinate with systems engineers and software/hardware developers to integrate security requirements into system designs and track security issues through verification and closure
• Develop and execute security-focused Software Verification & Validation activities, including test plans, test procedures, test cases, test conduct, results documentation, and remediation analysis
• Coordinate assigned cybersecurity engineering activities across systems engineering, software, hardware, and test organizations and provide status and technical findings to program leadership
• Assess applicable security threats, vulnerabilities, and industry practices and evaluate their impact on assigned system architectures, requirements, and implementations

Skills

Security mindset

Education

STEM degree or related advanced degree with experience

Tools

DOORS

JIRA

Confluence

Cameo MBSE

Job description

RTX, in collaboration with Collins Aerospace, seeks a Sr Embedded Systems Security Engineer for DoD programs based in Largo, FL. The role focuses on RMF, cybersecurity engineering for embedded systems, and coordination with cross-functional teams to incorporate security into system designs.

The candidate must hold a SECRET clearance and be eligible for on-site work. Relocation assistance is available, and the position offers competitive benefits within a large aerospace defense environment.