Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Systems-17345
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Defense Team is seeking a system engineer to serve as a Hardware Assurance Engineer on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program in Roy, Utah. This dual-level position focuses on assessing and prioritizing hardware security threats. Key protection activities include vendor research, hardware assurance, program protection, counterfeit prevention, and supply chain security. The engineer assesses threats, vulnerabilities, and risks affecting hardware and firmware; researches vulnerabilities and analyzes supporting data; and communicates the risk environment to stakeholders through working groups and customer meetings. The role also contributes to Hardware Assurance program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones; reviews technical security assessments and recommends mitigations; and supports secure system architecture, design, development, implementation, and integration. The engineer may also support the Mission Defense Team with other assigned duties. Strong time management, organizational skills, initiative, and the ability to anticipate challenges are important.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and one of the following experience combinations: T03—5 years with a bachelor’s degree, 3 years with a master’s degree, or 1 year with a Ph.D.; T04—8 years with a bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a master’s degree, or 4 years with a Ph.D.
- U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
- Ability to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company.
- At least 5 years applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to U.S. Government Defense Programs.
- At least 5 years demonstrating the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
- Demonstrated experience and familiarity with vulnerability management.
- Experience with Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools.
- Strong time management and organizational skills, initiative, and ability to anticipate future challenges.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing Systems Security Engineering requirements for hardware assurance.
- Experience evaluating program processes and compliance strategies for large, complex, multi-site programs.
- Experience performing vulnerability analysis against hardware or firmware devices.
- Experience analyzing supply chain part databases such as ERAI, Silicon Expert, or GIDEP.
- Understanding of Program Protection for U.S. Government Defense Programs and applied knowledge of SSE principles across security measures such as cybersecurity, counterfeit awareness, anti-tamper, hardware/software assurance, and OPSEC to protect critical program information.
- Experience in any full product life cycle of ASIC or FPGA design.
- Experience with HDL (VHDL/Verilog) and implementing designs using RTL.
- Ability to work as a team player, multitask, independently produce quality work, exercise excellent judgment, and demonstrate interpersonal skills.
- Experience processing data from various sources and transforming it into a viewable dashboard using Tableau, Power BI, or other tools.
- Experience using a requirements management database such as IBM DOORS.
- Top Secret clearance.
Responsibilities
- Assess and prioritize hardware security threats.
- Assess and analyze threats, vulnerabilities, and risks for identified hardware and firmware components.
- Research and analyze data and derive facts related to identified vulnerabilities.
- Participate in working groups and customer meetings, communicating the risk environment to stakeholders.
- Contribute to program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for Hardware Assurance.
- Review technical security assessments, identify vulnerabilities and non-compliance with standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Help ensure system architecture and design are functional and secure.
- Support the design, development, implementation, and integration of security systems and system components.
- Support the Mission Defense Team with other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
- Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
- Vice President or Director employees may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
