Tempest Engineer

Gormat; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Gormat is seeking a TEMPEST engineering professional to join the team and work onsite with a customer, integrating into their team to ensure mission success. You will collaborate with TEMPEST engineers and SMEs to perform TEMPEST testing and provide engineering recommendations to secure national systems.

Responsibilities include defining testing requirements with CTTA, evaluating ECPs, and performing lab and field testing of cryptographic devices to identify vulnerabilities while supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical/scientific discipline.
• 10+ years of related professional experience.
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Define TEMPEST testing requirements as defined by the customer's CTTA.
• Evaluate ECP packages to ensure TEMPEST integrity or arrange recertification testing.
• Attend technical meetings with crypto device users/customers CSCMs and partners.
• Provide TEMPEST lab testing of certified cryptographic devices to meet the National TEMPEST standard.
• Perform TEMPEST Field testing of cryptographic equipment to uncover vulnerabilities in secure systems.
• Provide SME support when a cryptographic device has a TEMPEST vulnerability.

Skills

TS/SCI with Polygraph

10+ years of experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Position DescriptionAs part of our team, you'll work with TEMPEST engineers and SMEs performing TEMPEST testing and provide TEMPEST engineering recommendations to help assure the security of our nation's systems. You'll learn from our existing TEMPEST subject matter experts to grow your knowledge and skills, as well as share your TEMPEST expertise with others. You'll get to work onsite with the customer, integrated into their team to ensure mission success.

Position DescriptionAs part of our team, you'll work with TEMPEST engineers and SMEs performing TEMPEST testing and provide TEMPEST engineering recommendations to help assure the security of our nation's systems. You'll learn from our existing TEMPEST subject matter experts to grow your knowledge and skills, as well as share your TEMPEST expertise with others. You'll get to work onsite with the customer, integrated into their team to ensure mission success.

Role

• Ensure that TEMPEST testing requirements are defined by the customer's Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority (CTTA).
• Evaluate engineering change proposal (ECP) packages to ensure the proposed changes do not impact the TEMPEST integrity of the device, or if necessary, additional TEMPEST testing is performed to recertify the device.
• Attend technical meetings with crypto device users/customers CSCM's and vendor partners.
• Provide TEMPEST lab testing of certified cryptographic devices to ensure it meets the current National TEMPEST standard.
• Perform TEMPEST Field testing of cryptographic equipment to discover vulnerabilities in secure systems.
• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support when a cryptographic device has a TEMPEST vulnerability.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical/scientific discipline
• 10+ years of related professional experience
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph security clearance required

Preferred

• Military or IC experience in a relevant technical or RF field is preferred.
• 10+ years of related professional experience; Experience may be substituted with education as follows:
• High School Diploma: + 15 years System Engineering Experience
• Relevant Bachelor's degree in a STEM field + 11 years System Engineering
• Relevant Master's degree in a STEM field + 9 years System Engineering
• Advanced degree may be preferred at this level
• Certified TEMPEST Professional Level II (CTP-II)
• 3+ years of experience with TEMPEST testing, and/or TEMPEST manufacturing