Cyber Systems Engineer - Level 4
Listed on 2026-10-24
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time
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’s Space Systems sector is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer – Level 4 to join our team in Chandler, Arizona.
The selected candidate will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for defining, integrating, and validating the security posture of a complex missile or weapon system throughout its lifecycle. This role combines systems engineering with Systems Security Engineering (SSE), cybersecurity, Anti-Tamper (AT), exportability, Program Protection, and supply-chain risk management.
The Cyber Systems Engineer - Level 4 will translate customer and product requirements into secure, integrated system solutions that account for technical performance, cost, schedule, risk, supportability, and lifecycle constraints. The individual will help establish technical direction, lead security engineering activities and design reviews, mentor engineering staff, and communicate with program leadership, customers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Essential Functions andKey Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior technical authority for SSE, cybersecurity, AT, exportability, supply-chain risk management, and Program Protection activities across a major missile or weapon system program.
- Develop and maintain the system security architecture, technical strategy, implementation roadmap, and security engineering approach across the system lifecycle.
- Perform technical planning, system integration, requirements analysis and allocation, interface definition, trade studies, risk analysis, and verification and validation for total system solutions.
- Support engineering activities across concept development, design, fabrication, integration, test, installation, operation, sustainment, and disposal.
- Convert customer, mission, and product requirements into logical and systematic system solutions that account for technical, schedule, cost, supportability, and security constraints.
- Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface studies to translate customer requirements into hardware, firmware, and software specifications.
- Lead the identification, assessment, and classification of Critical Program Information and critical components.
- Conduct advanced threat, vulnerability, and security risk assessments and recommend risk-response strategies.
- Lead security trade studies that balance protection effectiveness, mission performance, cost, schedule, technical maturity, exportability, and residual risk.
- Develop, review, and coordinate key program security artifacts, including the Program Protection Plan, System Security Plan, Security Classification Guide, Anti-Tamper Plan, exportability assessments, supply-chain risk assessments, requirements compliance matrices, and related documentation.
- Define, allocate, and…
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