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 has an opening for an Associate Cyber Systems Engineer/ Cyber Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Position is located in Melbourne, Florida.

 

The Systems Security Engineering department is searching for a talented 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate Cyber Systems Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline

• Cyber Systems Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 2 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree 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 ability to obtain DoD 8570 Level 2 Certification, such as Security+ CE, within 6 months of start.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 experience in Cybersecurity and Anti-Tamper engineering disciplines.

• Experience working with Government contracts and customer representatives.

• Familiarity with FPGA hardware technologies.

• Familiarity with embedded microprocessor design.

• DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II Security+ or higher.

Primary Level Salary Range: $72,400.00 - $108,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $87,200.00 - $130,800.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.