Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Jobs; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

SHIELD AI is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead security activities for an airborne aerospace and defense platform. You will own platform-level cybersecurity architecture and drive RMF activities in a mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities include threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, secure boot, authentication, and data communications. You will coordinate with engineering teams to maintain safety, availability, and mission effectiveness while ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity 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, platform networks, communications, or data links.
• Experience with threat modeling, secure system architecture, vulnerability analysis, and security testing.
• Familiarity with DoD RMF, NIST guidance, cryptography, and key management.
• Strong technical leadership, writing, and customer communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.
• Cybersecurity experience on military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or airborne mission systems.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-160, DO-326A, DO-355, and DO-356A.
• Experience with anti-tamper, program protection, supply-chain risk management, or cross-domain solutions.
• Experience supporting cyber testing, penetration testing, or adversarial assessments.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, Security+, CEH, or GIAC.
• Active U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own platform-level cybersecurity architecture, requirements, and protection strategy.
• Run threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis, and cyber risk assessments.
• Define security protections across secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, key management, software updates, and data communications.
• Apply defense-in-depth across aircraft systems, networks, radios, data links, and external interfaces.
• Lead DoD RMF activities and produce required authorization evidence.
• Evaluate cybersecurity risks in hardware, software, firmware, and supplier designs.
• Develop cybersecurity verification plans and support vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and cyber-resiliency testing.
• Coordinate risk mitigation and corrective actions with engineering teams, suppliers, customers, and program leadership.
• Ensure cybersecurity solutions align with aircraft safety, availability, and mission effectiveness.

Skills

Threat modeling

Vulnerability analysis

Security testing

Technical leadership

Customer communication

Security clearance

Embedded systems

Avionics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or related field

Tools

DoD RMF

NIST SP 800-53

NIST SP 800-160

DO-326A

DO-355

DO-356A

CISSP

Security+

CEH

GIAC

Job description

SHIELD AI is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead security activities for an airborne aerospace and defense platform.

Responsibilities

• Own platform-level cybersecurity architecture, requirements, and protection strategy
• Run threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis, and cyber risk assessments
• Define security protections across secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, key management, software updates, and data communications
• Apply defense-in-depth across aircraft systems, networks, radios, data links, and external interfaces
• Lead DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities and produce required authorization evidence
• Evaluate cybersecurity risks in hardware, software, firmware, and supplier designs
• Develop cybersecurity verification plans and support vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and cyber-resiliency testing
• Coordinate risk mitigation and corrective actions with engineering teams, suppliers, customers, and program leadership
• Ensure cybersecurity solutions align with aircraft safety, availability, and mission effectiveness

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field
• Typically 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with aircraft, aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical embedded systems
• Knowledge of avionics, mission systems, platform networks, communications, or data links
• Experience with threat modeling, secure system architecture, vulnerability analysis, and security testing
• Familiarity with DoD RMF, NIST security guidance, cryptography, and key management
• Strong technical leadership, writing, and customer communication skills
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance
• Cybersecurity experience on military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or airborne mission systems
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-160, DO-326A, DO-355, and DO-356A
• Experience with anti-tamper, program protection, supply-chain risk management, or cross-domain solutions
• Experience supporting cyber testing, penetration testing, or adversarial assessments
• Relevant certification such as CISSP, Security+, CEH, or GIAC
• Active U.S. security clearance

Technologies

• DoD RMF
• NIST security guidance, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-160
• DO-326A, DO-355, DO-356A
• Cryptography, key management
• Secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, software updates, data communications
• Penetration testing, vulnerability scanning
• CISSP, Security+, CEH, GIAC

Location and Salary

• Seattle, WA (onsite)
• $142,000 - $213,000 per year

Benefits

• Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment), plus pay within the range listed

Employee offer packages

• Full-time regular employee: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary employee: Pay within range listed + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)