Cyber Systems Engineer/ Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

Description

The company builds systems that have been central to aviation and defense history, and this team works on cybersecurity for Development and Sustainment programs at the Aeronautics Systems business.

The opening is for a Cyber Systems Engineer (Level 2 or 3) based in Rancho Bernardo, CA, on an Integrated Product Team that works with engineering, cybersecurity, program, and stakeholder groups.

Relocation assistance may be available.

A Top Secret clearance is required to start.

Travel: 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Identify cybersecurity risks in Development and Sustainment programs and support the design, development, integration, testing, and verification of security solutions.
• Work with stakeholders to build technical and programmatic plans that fix identified risks, and help add those improvements to the system.
• Engage customer and internal counterparts to strengthen the system's cybersecurity posture.
• Review, analyze, rank, and decide the disposition of vulnerability findings.
• Run cybersecurity scans and assessments with approved tools.
• Help develop, review, and keep up cybersecurity compliance packages and their supporting evidence.
• Review and verify cybersecurity-related requirements as part of requirements management.
• Coordinate with systems engineering, software, integration and test, configuration management, and program teams to carry cybersecurity work through the full system lifecycle.
• Prepare and present cybersecurity and systems engineering material for program reviews, working groups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Use systems thinking to assess cybersecurity effects across architecture, operational constraints, and mission needs.
• Help improve processes that make cybersecurity execution, traceability, planning, and closure more disciplined.

Requirements

• Cyber Systems Engineer: a Bachelor of Science in a STEM field plus 2 years of related engineering experience, or a Master of Science in a STEM field.
• Principal Cyber Systems Engineer: a Bachelor of Science in a STEM field plus 5 years of related engineering experience, or a Master of Science in a STEM field plus 3 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in a STEM field plus 1 year of related engineering experience.
• Experience in at least one systems engineering area, such as technical planning, system design and development, verification and validation, cost and risk, requirements management, formal program review support, requirements verification, model-based systems engineering, or system lifecycle execution.
• An active US Government Top Secret clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable time, as determined by the company.
• Self-starter who works well in an Integrated Product Team setting.
• Preferred: current Special Access Program access.
• Preferred: experience in cybersecurity vulnerability management, scanning and assessment, compliance package development, or cybersecurity requirements verification.
• Preferred: experience with assessment tools such as ACAS or Nessus.
• Preferred: experience working directly with Authorization to Operate documentation or related authorization packages.
• Preferred: experience in an Integrated Product Team with engineering, cybersecurity, software, integration and test, configuration management, and program stakeholders.

Conditions

Full-time, onsite in Rancho Bernardo, CA. No remote, hybrid, or telework.

Travel up to 25% may be required for program needs.

Primary level base salary range: $101,000.00 to $151,400.00.

Secondary level base salary range: $125,300.00 to $187,900.00.

The ranges are a general guide. Base pay depends on factors such as the scope of the role and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Depending on the role, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contribution and let employees share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.