Systems Security Engineer (SSE)

Mercury Systems•Hudson, NH

About The Position

Mercury Systems is seeking a Systems Security Engineer to develop next-generation rugged, secure processing solutions. The role is part of a Systems Engineering team primarily supporting the Processing Technology business unit and involves designing, integrating, verifying, and delivering rugged, secure embedded products. The engineer will contribute across multiple lines of business and product lines, developing protections against reverse engineering, unauthorized access, and exploitation. Working in a matrix organization and on a multidisciplinary engineering team, the engineer will collaborate with Line of Business Chief Engineers, systems engineering, program management, business development, operations, supply chain, and executive leadership to meet customer needs. The position requires a U.S. citizen with an active U.S. government-issued DoD Secret clearance before the start date. Access to export-controlled information is restricted to people meeting applicable U.S. export regulations and authorization requirements. Mercury Systems is a technology company focused on aerospace and defense missions, with more than 2,300 employees across 24 locations worldwide. The company describes its culture as casual and enjoyable, emphasizing learning and growth, collaboration, communication, transparency, and recognition. It offers comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in a STEM discipline.
Typically 6+ years of experience in Systems Engineering.
Experience with systems engineering principles, including requirements development and management, system design, and verification and validation.
Experience with System Security Engineering principles, reverse engineering, and embedded security.
Experience designing, implementing, and/or testing real-time embedded security solutions for Department of Defense platforms.
Experience generating Anti-Tamper technologies, techniques, and principles, including hardware/software protections, secure boot, and encryption.
Experience with cybersecurity and/or Key Management plans.
Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and risk analysis to identify attack vectors and mitigation strategies.
U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. government-issued DoD Secret security clearance before the start date.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in a STEM discipline.
Strong understanding of Anti-Tamper technologies, techniques, and principles, including hardware/software protections, secure boot, and encryption.
Familiarity with Security State of the Art FPGAs and Intel CPUs.
Familiarity with the design, integration, test, and fielding of secure systems.
Familiarity with VPX and/or rack mount server hardware.
Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architect or equivalent MBSE tools.
Experience with Jama, Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket.
Ability to travel up to 15% of the time, depending on location.

Responsibilities

Develop rugged, secure processing solutions for aerospace and defense applications.
Design, integrate, verify, and deliver rugged, secure embedded products.
Develop protections against reverse engineering, unauthorized access, and exploitation.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams to meet customer needs.
Apply systems engineering and system security engineering principles to secure embedded solutions.