Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer
Senior
Aerospace
Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace Cybersecurity
Aerospace Engineering
Code Signing
Cyber Security
Cybersecurity
Embedded Systems
Embedded Systems Security
Hardware Software Co Design
Information Security
InfoSec
Risk Management
Secure Boot
Secure Software Development
Security
Security Architecture
Security Compliance
Security Standards
Security Testing
Job Description
Pittsburgh, PA (onsite)
Join a team supporting aerospace and defense programs, where your work directly strengthens the security of hardware and embedded systems used in the field. In this Senior role, you will lead cybersecurity efforts end-to-end, from threat modeling and security architecture reviews to testing, secure development support, and customer-facing engagements.
What you’ll do
- Lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and avionics programs.
- Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and security architecture reviews.
- Support secure software development and security-critical practices including code signing, cryptography, secure boot, and secure firmware update processes.
- Conduct cybersecurity testing, including 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 and contribute to proposal development, including responses to RFIs/RFQs.
- Interface with customers, federal contractors, and internal engineering teams.
- Support lab-based testing and occasional on-site assessments at customer and aircraft locations.
What you bring
- 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
- 3+ years of aerospace cybersecurity experience.
- Experience with aerospace threat modeling and risk assessments.
- Embedded systems security background.
- Working knowledge of cryptography and code signing.
- Experience with vulnerability management.
- Familiarity with Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Knowledge of hardware security and root-of-trust concepts.
- Familiarity with aerospace and security standards including DO-326A / ED-202A, DO-356A, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and FIPS 140-3.
- Experience supporting ITAR-controlled and/or federal aerospace programs.
Additional experience that helps
- Experience supporting FAA, DoD, defense, or commercial aerospace programs.
- Knowledge of aircraft control systems, avionics, and aerospace hardware security architectures.
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