Senior Engineer Cybersecurity
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will develop cybersecurity architecture, requirements, and protection strategies. You will assess threats and vulnerabilities, define security controls, lead RMF activities, evaluate designs, plan verification, support security testing, coordinate risk mitigation, and ensure solutions support safety and mission effectiveness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree
- Experience with aerospace, defense, or mission-critical embedded systems
- Knowledge of avionics, mission systems, platform networks, communications, or data links
- Experience with threat modeling, secure architecture, vulnerability analysis, and security testing
- Familiarity with DoD RMF, NIST guidance, cryptography, and key management
- Technical leadership, writing, and customer communication skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance
Responsibilities
- Develop cybersecurity architecture, requirements, and protection strategy
- Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis, and cyber-risk assessments
- Define protections for secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, key management, updates, and communications
- Apply defense-in-depth across aircraft systems and interfaces
- Lead DoD Risk Management Framework activities and authorization evidence development
- Evaluate hardware, software, firmware, and supplier designs for cybersecurity risks
- Develop verification plans and support scanning, penetration testing, and resiliency testing
- Coordinate risk mitigation and corrective actions
- Ensure cybersecurity solutions support safety, availability, and mission effectiveness
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity