Senior Hypersonic Test Security Engineer

Stratolaunch; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid maternity and parental leave

401(k) match

Job summary

Stratolaunch is seeking a Senior Security Engineer – Hypersonic Test Systems to protect hypersonic test articles, infrastructure, and telemetry data from cyber threats.

You will secure embedded systems, OT, and data pipelines, integrating security into test workflows and safeguarding critical systems. On-site or hybrid work options are available, with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product/embedded/OT security.
• Experience securing non-cloud, non-SaaS systems.
• Embedded Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal experience.
• Involvement with test systems, mission systems, or safety-critical environments.
• Ability to threat-model hardware, software, and workflows.
• Familiarity with nation-state adversary tradecraft.
• Experience in classified or export-controlled environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain clearance.

Responsibilities

• Secure flight computers, controllers, embedded processors, instrumentation, sensors, and telemetry devices.
• Design and validate secure boot and firmware integrity controls.
• Prevent unauthorized parameter manipulation and logic modification.
• Assess physical and cyber tamper risks and evaluate hardware trust boundaries.
• Secure wind tunnels, propulsion stands, thermal test environments, and data acquisition systems.
• Ensure test execution cannot be disrupted or influenced by cyber means.
• Authenticate and validate command paths and prevent cyber-induced anomalies.
• Protect telemetry pipelines end-to-end and ensure test data integrity and authenticity.
• Secure digital twins, models, and simulations, and establish defensible data lineage.
• Detect and mitigate risks of false data introduction.
• Perform threat modeling on cyber-physical workflows.
• Integrate security into test software development and mitigate supply chain risks in test tooling.
• Red-team test environments prior to execution.
• Define security requirements for suppliers and validate firmware provenance.
• Identify counterfeit or compromised components and assess third-party test equipment risks.

Skills

Security engineering

Embedded security

OT security

Threat modeling

Test systems

Nation-state tradecraft

Clearance TS

Export controls

Education

BS or applicable experience

Tools

Embedded Linux

RTOS

Job description

Stratolaunch is seeking a Senior Security Engineer – Hypersonic Test Systems to protect hypersonic test articles, infrastructure, and telemetry data from cyber threats.

You will secure embedded systems, OT, and data pipelines, integrating security into test workflows and safeguarding critical systems. On-site or hybrid work options are available, with competitive compensation and benefits.