Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware)

Job overview

The Senior Aerospace Cybersecurity Engineer (Hardware) role is onsite in Pittsburgh, PA. Compensation is not specified. The engineer supports aerospace and defense programs through the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. The role leads cybersecurity work for aerospace and avionics programs, helping teams identify and address security risks in embedded systems and aircraft platforms. It contributes to secure development, compliance, testing, and customer engagements across federal and commercial aerospace projects.

What you'll do

• Lead cybersecurity activities for aerospace and avionics programs
• perform threat modeling, risk assessments and security architecture reviews
• support secure software development, code signing, cryptography, secure boot and secure firmware updates
• conduct cybersecurity testing, vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
• define security measures for embedded systems, controllers and aircraft platforms
• support compliance
• review customer requirements and contribute to proposals
• interface with customers, federal contractors and internal engineering teams
• support lab testing and occasional customer-site and aircraft-location assessments.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior aerospace cybersecurity engineer

hardware security

aerospace cybersecurity

avionics

embedded systems

threat modeling

risk assessments

secure boot

cryptography

pittsburgh pa

katalyst healthcares & life sciences

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 8 years of cybersecurity engineering experience and 3 years of aerospace cybersecurity experience. Relevant standards include DO-326A/ED-202A, DO-356A, NIST Cybersecurity Framework and FIPS 140-3.

About the employer

Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.