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Cyber Systems Engineer / Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman
FLME228, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 31 Oct 2025
💰 $157,200/yr($85,500/yr$157,200/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Cyber Systems Security Engineer / Principal Cyber Systems Security Engineer that will join our team of qualified, diverse engineers to support the Systems Engineering Integration (SEI) Integrated Product Team (IPT). This position is located on-site at our Melbourne, FL location.

**This role may be filled at the Base OR Principal level based on the qualifications listed, below”

The Systems Security Engineering department is searching for a talented Computer Science or Systems Engineer with knowledge and experience developing Anti-Tamper (AT) solutions. The selected candidate will develop requirements, participate in design, development, implementation, and support technology protection solutions on critical military systems.

Key Responsibilities:

The individual will be responsible for operating in an agile team environment to perform the following:

  • Responsible for defining protection plans, developing requirements, system integration and test.
  • Development and verification of system engineering requirements and technology protection capabilities.
  • Component and system-level testing through assessment of hostile reverse-engineering threats and potential countermeasures.
  • Assessment of proposed logic-bearing hardware devices for vulnerabilities and potential threat vectors.
  • Participate in component level trade studies to select advanced technology protection solution approaches.
  • Responsible for AT subsystem hardware design and development of AT features.
  • Assist with the design and develop system security architectures.

We offer flexible work arrangements, a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Cyber Systems Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 2 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline
  • Principal Cyber Systems Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 5 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience, OR 1 year of experience with a PhD in a STEM discipline
  • Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
  • Must have experience working in an Agile or DevOps environment in one of the following areas: Cybersecurity, requirements development, systems engineering, product design, system integration or test.
  • Must have hands on experience in one of the following Cyber engineering disciplines: cybersecurity principles, security components, implementation, or testing.
  • Must have ability to obtain DoD 8570 Level 2 Certification, such as Security+ CE, within 6 months of start.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Current SAP access
  • DoD 8570 IAM II/III Certification (CAP, GLSC, CISSP, CASP CE). 
  • Familiarity with computer architecture and applications.
  • Must have experience with computer operating systems and software programming languages.
  • Experience conducting integration and verification testing through formal test acceptance and sign off.
  • Familiarity with Anti-Tamper architecture, including secure AT system engineering and vulnerability assessments.
  • Previous experienc

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