Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer Philadelphia

General Dynamics Corporation; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat is seeking a Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer in Philadelphia to join the Electrical System Software and Cybersecurity team. The role focuses on securing electric and propulsion plant control systems for DoD projects, including designing and implementing cyber risk controls.

The position requires DoD SECRET clearance, expertise in security of control systems, and experience with risk assessment across NAVSEA processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity.
• 5–10 years of relevant system engineering and/or engineering experience.
• 2–5 years IT troubleshooting including advanced networking, firewalls, group policy, and auditing.
• Active Final DoD SECRET clearance.
• Experience with risk management framework NIST 800-37.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a control systems security consultant for the electric and propulsion plant.
• Write processes for continuous improvement and operation.
• Provide training to enforce control systems security compliance.
• DoD/DoN IT system analysis and security control implementation planning.
• Review vendor software for cybersecurity compliance.
• Design, implement, operate, and maintain secure computing systems per NAVSEA processes.

Skills

IT troubleshooting

Advanced networking

Firewalls

Group policy

Auditing

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

NAVSEA processes

Job description

Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer Philadelphia

Responsibilities for this Position

Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer Philadelphia
US-CT-Groton
Job ID: 2026-18489
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Engineering
EB Groton Shipyard

Department 425, Electrical System Software and Cybersecurity - Shipboard Cybersecurity team, is seeking a Control Systems Security Engineer. The primary responsibility of this position is to serve as a control system security consultant for the electric and propulsion plant for COLUMBIA Class test programs. This position is located at our Philadelphia, PA site.

Our team members exemplify Electric Boats core values:

• Value each other
• Behave with integrity and purpose
• Commit to excellence

Experience and Knowledge

The role of the control systems security engineer is to support continuous monitoring and enforcement of control systems security risk assessments. This includes following and writing processes for continuous improvement and operation. This also includes writing and providing training to enforce control systems security compliance. The objective is to ensure that cybersecurity requirements are implemented and validated and track requirements that are not being met.Related responsibilities include equipment research, project management, risk management, preparing presentations, and participating in customer meetings.

Control System Security Engineers on our team typically perform the following types of work:

• Troubleshooting various pieces of shipboard and prototypic equipment
• Training of operations, test, and engineering personnel on control systems security and IT component access
• Work in close collaboration with component engineers to resolve control systems security discrepancies and IT system issues
• DoD/DoN platform information technology system analysis, development of security control implementation plans, system certification and continuous monitoring
• Design, implementation, operation and maintenance of sensitive unclassified and classified computing systems in accordance with NAVSEA processes
• Review of equipment vendor software deliverables to evaluate compliance with cybersecurity requirements

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity
• 5-10 years of relevant system engineering and/or engineering experience
• 2-5 years of IT troubleshooting including advanced networking, firewalls, group policy, and auditing
• Active Final DoD SECRET clearance
• Experience with risk management framework NIST 800-37

Preferred:

• Masters degree in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or equivalent certification
• Understanding of NIST 800-53 security controls
• US Navy submarine service
• Experience in security of control systems

General Dynamics Electric Boat is a recognized leader in the design, construction and lifecycle support of submarines for the United States Navy.