Security System Engineer, Indianapolis

1832 - Security System Engineer, Indianapolis, IN

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Summary:

Role: Security System Engineer

Client: Rolls Royce - Theoris Solutions

Location: Indianapolis, IN, United States

Employment Type: 6-month contract with potential extension

Work Setup: Hybrid — 2-3 days per week onsite

Role Overview:

Security System Engineer responsible for supporting aerospace cyber-resilient engineering initiatives, applying systems security principles across the product lifecycle, and helping define secure technologies, processes, and practices for cyber-physical systems.

Core Responsibilities:

• Support systems security and resiliencyengineering activities
• Apply Secure Cyber Resilient Engineering (SCRE) practices
• Support requirements, design, development, testing, production, and operational phases
• Collaborate with government, customers, suppliers, and engineering teams
• Develop security practices, policies, procedures, and standards
• Utilize digital engineering and MBSE approaches

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain high-level security clearance
• Active clearance preferred; renewable/reactivable clearance acceptable
• Engineering degree strongly preferred
• Computer Science degree may be considered
• 3+ years engineering experience preferred
• Aerospace defense or embedded systems experience preferred

Preferred Technical

Experience:

• Systems Security Engineering
• Cybersecurity Engineering
• Embedded Systems
• MBSE / Digital Engineering

Client Context:

• Aerospace engineering organization focused on advanced propulsion and safety-critical systems.
• Role supports security and resiliency of aerospace cyber-physical systems.
• Work environment requires collaboration across engineering, government, customer, and supplier teams.

Client Screening Priorities:

• Cleared U.S. Citizens are highly preferred.
• Security clearance status is a major screening factor.
• Engineering education is prioritized over purely cybersecurity backgrounds.
• Candidates should demonstrate recent relevant engineering experience.
• Current Rolls Royce employees should not be submitted.
• Candidates should be comfortable with hybrid onsite work in Indianapolis.

Ideal Candidate Persona:

A cleared aerospace or defense engineer with experience in systems engineering, embedded systems, cybersecurity engineering, or product security who can apply security concepts to complex safety-critical systems.

Market Constraints (if any):

• High talent scarcity:
  The combination of:
  • Active/renewable security clearance
  • Cybersecurity systems knowledge
  • Embedded or cyber-physical systems backgroundcreates a very limited candidate pool.
• Clearance restriction:
  Candidates without active clearance or realistic clearance reactivation potential are unlikely to qualify.
• Citizenship requirement: U.S. Citizenship requirement significantly reduces available talent.
• Location constraint:
  Hybrid onsite requirement in Indianapolis may eliminate candidates seeking fully remote roles.
• Compensation pressure: $60-$65/hr may be competitive for mid-level cleared engineers but may be challenging for senior cleared cybersecurity specialists.
• Skill intersection challenge:
  Most candidates fall into one of two groups:
  • Strong aerospace/systems engineers with limited cybersecurity experience
  • Strong cybersecurity professionals withoutaerospace engineering background
• Recommended sourcing expansion:
  • Systems Engineers with cybersecurity exposure
  • Embedded Security Engineers
  • Product Security Engineers
  • Aerospace Defense Engineers transitioning into security engineering
  • Cleared MBSE/System Architecture professionals
• ICPDifficulty Rating:
  High
• Primary Candidate Segment:
  Cleared Aerospace Systems Engineers with Security/Cyber Resilience exposure.