Cybersecurity Engineer

Responsibilities

• Developing and integrating unique security mechanisms for embedded network data flows
• Analyzing interactions among authentication, encryption, and anti-tamper technologies
• Performing fundamental research in embedded-system security architectures and methods

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, or a related technical discipline with a minimum of 9 years of directly relevant cybersecurity engineering experience in mission-critical, embedded, aerospace, or high-performance computing environments; master’s degree with 7 years of related experience or a PhD with 5 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in cybersecurity engineering for complex hardware and software systems, including FPGA-based architectures, embedded systems, and high-performance data processing environments.
• FPGA architecture development and low-level FPGA implementation techniques, including manual placement and routing, timing closure, floor planning, resource optimization, and hardware performance analysis.
• High-speed networking and transport architectures for FPGA and accelerator-based systems, including low-latency and high-bandwidth interfaces, distributed compute fabrics, and deterministic networking.
• Data science methodologies, large-scale telemetry and sensor data analysis, statistical analysis, and algorithm development for mission, scientific, or cybersecurity applications.
• Embedded system security, hardware security, anti-tamper technologies, hardware assurance, or applied vulnerability research.
• This position requires the candidate to be eligible for a Top-Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced FPGA platforms and heterogeneous compute architectures, including AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, Microchip, Lattice, or radiation-tolerant FPGA technologies.
• Experience with custom hardware development, embedded Linux environments, accelerator-based computing, real-time distributed systems, or high-reliability embedded architectures.
• Significant experience handling, processing, and analyzing large volumes of mission, sensor, telemetry, or cybersecurity-relevant data within distributed, accelerated, or heterogeneous computing environments.
• High-performance computing (HPC) architectures and clustered compute systems for large-scale data processing, telemetry processing, and accelerated analytics workloads.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and architectures supporting high-performance FPGA systems, including high-speed serial interfaces, secure data transport, distributed processing systems, and low-latency communications.
• Experience translating cybersecurity, mission assurance, and operational requirements into technical architectures spanning hardware, firmware, software, networking, and distributed compute systems.
• Experience with aerospace, defense, research, or mission-critical operational environments strongly desired.
• Familiarity with tools and platforms such as Splunk, Nessus, RSA Archer, DLP technologies, and large-scale analytics or observability platforms is desired.
• Cybersecurity risk management frameworks including NIST RMF, secure system development lifecycle (SDLC), and mission assurance methodologies.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity assessments, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or mission assurance activities involving embedded, FPGA-based, or hardware-centric systems.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, or a related technical discipline with a minimum of 9 years of directly relevant cybersecurity engineering experience in mission-critical, embedded, aerospace, or high-performance computing environments; master’s degree with 7 years of related experience or a PhD with 5 years of related experience.
• Master’s degree with 7 years of related experience or a PhD with 5 years of related experience.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Rideshare
• Childcare
• Flexible schedule
• Parental leave

Pay

• $189,696 - $245,856

Schedule

• Not specified