Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity

SHIELD AI is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead security activities for an airborne aerospace and defense platform.

Responsibilities

• Own platform-level cybersecurity architecture, requirements, and protection strategy
• Run threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis, and cyber risk assessments
• Define security protections across secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, key management, software updates, and data communications
• Apply defense-in-depth across aircraft systems, networks, radios, data links, and external interfaces
• Lead DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities and produce required authorization evidence
• Evaluate cybersecurity risks in hardware, software, firmware, and supplier designs
• Develop cybersecurity verification plans and support vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and cyber-resiliency testing
• Coordinate risk mitigation and corrective actions with engineering teams, suppliers, customers, and program leadership
• Ensure cybersecurity solutions align with aircraft safety, availability, and mission effectiveness

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field
• Typically 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with aircraft, aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical embedded systems
• Knowledge of avionics, mission systems, platform networks, communications, or data links
• Experience with threat modeling, secure system architecture, vulnerability analysis, and security testing
• Familiarity with DoD RMF, NIST security guidance, cryptography, and key management
• Strong technical leadership, writing, and customer communication skills
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance
• Cybersecurity experience on military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, or airborne mission systems
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-160, DO-326A, DO-355, and DO-356A
• Experience with anti-tamper, program protection, supply-chain risk management, or cross-domain solutions
• Experience supporting cyber testing, penetration testing, or adversarial assessments
• Relevant certification such as CISSP, Security+, CEH, or GIAC
• Active U.S. security clearance

Technologies

• DoD RMF
• NIST security guidance, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-160
• DO-326A, DO-355, DO-356A
• Cryptography, key management
• Secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, software updates, data communications
• Penetration testing, vulnerability scanning
• CISSP, Security+, CEH, GIAC

Location and Salary

• Seattle, WA (onsite)
• $142,000 - $213,000 per year

Benefits

• Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment), plus pay within the range listed

Employee offer packages

• Full-time regular employee: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary employee: Pay within range listed + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)