Engineer/Principal Engineer Systems-17346

Description

The company's Mission Defense Team is hiring a systems engineer as a Hardware Assurance Engineer, based in Roy, UT.

The role supports the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program and is offered at two levels.

The work covers protecting hardware from security threats through vendor research, hardware assurance, program protection, counterfeit prevention and supply chain security.

Responsibilities

• Assess and rank a wide range of hardware security threats.
• Analyze threats, vulnerabilities and risk for identified hardware and firmware components.
• Research and analyze data to establish facts about each identified vulnerability.
• Take part in working groups and customer meetings, and keep stakeholders informed about the risk picture.
• Help build program plans, goals, objectives and milestones for hardware assurance.
• Review technical security assessments to find weak points and gaps against established standards and regulations, then recommend mitigations.
• Make sure system architectures and designs work as intended and stay secure, and support the design, build, rollout and integration of security systems and their components.
• Take on other MDT duties as assigned.

Requirements

• T02 level: a Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline plus 2 years of experience. A Master's brings this to 0 years, and a PhD also requires 0 years.
• T03 level: a Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline plus 5 years of experience. A Master's brings this to 3 years, and a PhD to 1 year.
• At least 2 years applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles for US government defense programs.
• At least 2 years communicating clearly and presenting technical approaches and findings.
• Proven experience with vulnerability management.
• Experience with Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools.
• Self-directed, with strong time management and organization, and the foresight to spot future challenges.
• US citizen holding an active DoD Secret clearance with an investigation dated within the last 6 years.
• Able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances within a timeframe the company sets based on its business needs.
• Preferred: experience writing Systems Security Engineering requirements for hardware assurance.
• Preferred: experience assessing program processes and compliance approaches on large, complex, multi-site programs.
• Preferred: experience with vulnerability analysis of hardware and firmware devices.
• Preferred: experience analyzing supply chain parts databases such as ERAI, Silicon Expert or GIDEP.
• Preferred: understanding of program protection for US government defense programs, and applying SSE principles across security measures such as cybersecurity, counterfeit awareness, anti-tamper, HW/SW assurance and OPSEC to protect critical program information (CPI).
• Preferred: experience across the full product life cycle of ASIC or FPGA design.
• Preferred: experience with HDL (VHDL/Verilog) and implementing RTL designs.
• Preferred: a team player who can multitask, produce quality work independently, use sound judgment and build relationships.
• Preferred: experience turning data sources into viewable dashboards using Tableau, Power BI or similar tools.
• Preferred: experience with a requirements management database such as IBM DOORs.
• Preferred: Top Secret clearance.

Conditions

Clearance is required before the start date.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

Primary level salary range: $79,300.00 to $118,900.00. Secondary level salary range: $98,400.00 to $147,600.00.

Base pay depends on the scope and responsibilities of the role, along with 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.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.
• Depending on the position, possible overtime pay, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus tied to individual contributions and company results.
• Long Term Incentives may be available for Vice President and Director roles.