Principle Systems Engineer - Anti-Tamper

Our Charter & Mission

Deter. Prevent. Detect. Respond. Safeguard the United States' most critical technologies from exploitation to maintain our battlefield pre-eminence.

About the Role

BAE Systems is seeking creative, innovative engineers with prior systems, hardware, or software engineering experience with the potential to outthink world class reverse engineers. In a modern approach to "Spy vs Spy," BAE Systems uses state-of-the-art technology, advanced mathematics, and physics in novel ways to protect systems and provide customers with capability that endures. Our engineers design solutions that achieve the optimum balance between product capability and defense-in-depth security. They apply all lessons learned to our model-based design approach and frequently advance security state-of-the-art. They take their creative and innovative spirit to the extreme by playing the part of adversary through their identification of attack vectors. They propose countermeasures that provide the greatest protection at the best value for the system's entire lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design security architectures based on requirements from your analysis of adversary threats and proposed countermeasures
• Implement and test security countermeasures according to the guidance provided by the U.S. Government
• Work with Security State of the Art (S-SOTA) technologies
• Provide our customers with sophisticated, defense-in-depth security solutions

Work Environment

Due to the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Required Qualifications

This role involves understanding systems engineering techniques and processes and requires a bachelor's degree plus four or more years of work experience.

Required Skills

• Writing System Requirements
• Defining System Architectures
• Integrating Hardware and Software
• Software Coding and Scripting
• Validating and Verifying the delivered solution
• Leading an Engineering Team

Preferred Qualifications

We are very interested in candidates with 6 plus years of experience and any of the following experience:

• Cryptographic algorithm implementation
• Configuring security features of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) S-SOTA components
• Firmware development for COTS S-SOTA components such as Xilinx or Microsemi FPGAs
• Applying secure coding practices, securing operating systems, and virtualization
• Board Support Package configuration
• Boot loader configuration and modification
• Implementing and configuring security protocols
• Model-Based Systems Engineering using Cameo or MagicDraw
• Developing positive customer relationships
• Product design development and design analysis for manufacturability and maintainability

Pay & Benefits

Full-Time Salary Range: $118,095 - $200,762. This range is based on market pay structures; individual salaries are determined by factors including business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity, and candidate qualifications.

Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance. Leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.