Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA, US • Posted 12 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago
Full Time
On-site
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Job Details

Skills

  • Customer Facing
  • Security Architecture
  • Software Development
  • Firmware
  • Penetration Testing
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Proposal Writing
  • Testing
  • Threat Modeling
  • Risk Assessment
  • Embedded Systems
  • Cryptography
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Software Development Methodology
  • ROOT
  • Cyber Security
  • FIPS
  • ITAR
  • DoD
  • Avionics
  • Aerospace
  • Computer Hardware

Summary

Job Description & Skill Requirements:
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) to join our Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CoE) and lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and defense programs. The role involves threat modeling, security assessments, secure development support, hardware security, compliance, and customer-facing cybersecurity engagements for federal and commercial aerospace projects.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and avionics programs.
  • Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews.
  • Support secure software development, code signing, cryptography, secure boot, and secure firmware update processes.
  • Conduct cybersecurity testing, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing.
  • Define cybersecurity measures for aerospace embedded systems, controllers, and aircraft platforms.
  • Support compliance with aerospace and federal cybersecurity requirements.
  • Review customer requirements, RFIs/RFQs, and contribute to proposal development.
  • Interface with customers, federal contractors, and internal engineering teams.
  • Support lab-based testing and occasional on-site assessments at customer and aircraft locations.

Required Qualifications:
  • 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of aerospace cybersecurity experience.
  • Strong experience with:
    • erospace threat modeling and risk assessments
    • Embedded systems security
    • Cryptography and code signing
    • Vulnerability management
    • Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
    • Hardware security and root-of-trust concepts

Cybersecurity Standards:

Familiarity with aerospace cybersecurity standards such as:
  • DO-326A / ED-202A
  • DO-356A
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  • FIPS 140-3
  • Experience supporting ITAR-controlled and/or federal aerospace programs

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience supporting FAA, DoD, defense, or commercial aerospace programs.
  • Knowledge of aircraft control systems, avionics, and aerospace hardware security architectures.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 91116760
  • Position Id: ce8162c08f9b5a49af542896e444391c
  • Posted 12 hours ago
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