Senior Spacecraft Avionics Security Engineer - Millennium Space Systems

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Mission and Product‑Level Security Management
• Define vehicle‑wide security architecture, select and integrate space‑qualified crypto devices, implement secure boot, key storage, and red/black isolation
• Develop and maintain system security requirements, verification plans, and certification artifacts (DoD RMF, customer security clauses)
• Develop threat assessment models and tailored approaches to counter them
• Support product‑level security requirements definition, implementation, verification, and validation across the full lifecycle
• Work with software, hardware, and systems engineering teams to develop new processes and procedures for enhanced cybersecurity implementations at both the product and system level
• Networking Systems Engineering
• Lead design, requirements management, and integration of space‑vehicle and constellation‑level networks (on‑board LANs, inter‑satellite mesh, space‑to‑ground links)

Job requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (with a focus in Electrical, Mechanical or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related…
• 5+ years experience working spacecraft/product security
• Technical understanding of SV avionics architectures
• Technical understanding of SV flight software architectures to include embedded Linux
• Technical understanding of product cybersecurity features to include root of trust, secure boot, etc.
• Familiarity with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. A final U.S. Security Clearance Post-Start is required
• Experience working with cryptography and Anti-Tamper design knowledge