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Secure Systems - Principal Systems Engineer TX

Company:
INNCAREERS
Location:
McKinney, TX, 75071
Posted:
May 23, 2025
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Secure Systems - Principal Systems Engineer - 143570BR

Location: United States - Texas - McKinney

Industry: Aerospace / Aviation / Defense

Job Category: Engineering - Other Engineering

Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), Systems Engineering Integration & Test (SEIT) Center is seeking a talented Systems Security Engineer (SSE) to join the Secure Systems Department. This position is in a technical growth area and we need individuals who can apply their technical knowledge and experience to system security engineering and program protection concerns within the key areas of cybersecurity, anti-tamper, software assurance, supply chain exploitation, and threat and design vulnerability analysis. The SSE will participate in the development of embedded system security solutions, and will be responsible for developing and executing efforts for secure system products.

The SSE must be able to lead teams, work independently and as a member of a team in coordination with engineers in development, integration, test and modeling. The SSE will exhibit a high degree of creativity and ingenuity, and will be responsible for developing advanced systems /security integrity and information assurance leveraging guidelines and concepts. The SSE must be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers, and may be required to brief senior and customer leadership teams.

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED AS SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A US SECURITY CLEARANCE

Requirements:

Minimum 8 years of progressive technical (hands-on) experience related to Systems/Software Engineering architecture, requirements, determination, development, and implementation

Hands-on experience designing, implementing, testing, and fielding real-time embedded security-oriented solutions

Demonstrated working knowledge of secure systems technologies, methodologies, policies and guidelines

Experience with design/development/implementation in at least one of the following areas: Anti-Tamper (HW, SW, Systems), Cybersecurity, Software Assurance

Ability to interact with customers to define requirements, solutions, trades, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness

Develop top-level system requirements, and flow down requirements and implementation concepts to subsystems

Experience with direct interfaces with respect to customer representatives and external suppliers

Experience with commercial-off-the-shelf security technologies and trusted products

Ability to Obtain a US Security Clearance

U.S. Citizen as this position will require the ability to access US only data systems

Preferred:

Experience in System Integrity, NSA Security design, or related field

Familiarity with cryptography and cryptographic applications

Experience with certification and accreditation of cryptographic, anti-tamper, and other security-related engineering products / systems

Experience with multi-level security solutions

Experience performing reverse engineering

Background in both Systems Engineering and Software Engineering practices

Knowledge of security standards, methods, and policies; risk and threat analysis; technical security safeguards; and operational security measures

Knowledge of Program Protection Plan (PPP) required by DoDI 5000.02 and DoDI 5200.39

Education:

B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field; Advanced degree(s) preferred

Security Clearance Required: Yes

Visa Candidate Considered: No

Compensation

Base Salary - $120,000 to $145,000 Never repost

Full-time Benefits - Full

Relocation Assistance Available - Yes

Commission Compensation - No

Bonus Eligible - No

Overtime Eligible - No

Interview Travel Reimbursed - Yes

Candidate Details

7+ to 10 years experience

Seniority Level - Associate

Management Experience Required - Yes

Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

Willingness to Travel - Occasionally

Screening Questions

Do you currently hold an active DOD Secret clearance or higher?

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