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Principal Embedded Systems Security Engineer in USA

  • True Anomaly
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Denver, CO

Responsibilities

  • Own security architecture, threat modeling, and defensive controls for spacecraft, flight computers, subsystem firmware, FPGA gateware, cryptographic implementations, and secure boot.
  • Build security platforms, tooling, and foundational services that establish secure-by-default practices across flight software, firmware, and hardware configuration.
  • Design and implement PKI for device authentication, firmware signing and verification, secure boot, certificate lifecycle management, secure key storage, and constrained spacecraft devices.
  • Architect cryptographic and security implementations aligned with FIPS 140-3, CNSA 2.0, CCSDS Space Data Link Security, and post-quantum cryptography migration requirements.
  • Harden flight software build and deployment tooling and protect the supply-chain integrity of build outputs, dependencies, and third-party components.
  • Secure representative test environments and build automated hardware and firmware security testing frameworks at scale.
  • Lead security assessments and penetration testing for spacecraft, RF systems, and test environments.
  • Drive secure design practices across flight software, hardware, and test engineering teams throughout development and validation.
  • Set security strategy and technical direction, prioritize risks, lead hardening initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence teams without direct authority.
  • Use AI to accelerate development, analyze security data, and address embedded systems security challenges.

Requirements

  • Active security clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
  • Deep hands-on expertise in embedded, hardware, firmware, hardware attack surfaces, side-channel attacks, fault-injection attacks, firmware security, secure boot, and hardware security modules.
  • Strong C and C++ development skills, with low-level programming experience including assembly and firmware.
  • Proven experience building production security platforms, tooling, and foundational services for hardware and embedded engineering teams.
  • Expert PKI experience for embedded and resource-constrained systems, including device authentication, firmware signing certificate chains, secure boot PKI hierarchies, certificate provisioning and rotation, secure key storage, and HSM integration.
  • Expert applied cryptography experience involving FIPS 140-3, CNSA 2.0, CCSDS SDLS, post-quantum cryptography migration, and NIST 800-series publications.
  • Experience applying hardware and firmware security testing methodologies and automating security testing across engineering teams.
  • Principal-level impact in setting security strategy, driving hardening initiatives, prioritizing risks, mentoring engineers, and solving ambiguous problems.
  • Preferred experience with formal FIPS validation through CMVP.
  • Preferred experience with real-time or safety-critical embedded systems and regulated or high-assurance domains such as aerospace, defense, avionics, medical devices, or industrial control systems.
  • Preferred experience in hardware reverse engineering, firmware analysis, FPGA/VHDL security, RF/radio security, HIL/SIL test infrastructure, embedded Linux, and embedded supply-chain security.
  • Preferred evidence of practical security impact such as published CVEs, security research, publications, conference talks, open-source contributions, or relevant projects.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $225,000-$330,000.
  • Equity and benefits including health, dental, vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO, paid holidays, 401K, and parental leave.
  • Hybrid work environment with some onsite work required; candidates must be located near Denver or Colorado Springs.
  • The position is open until successfully filled.
  • U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility for required Department of State authorizations is required under ITAR regulations.

Salary: $225k - $330k/yr

True Anomaly

True Anomaly is the only defense technology company focused exclusively on space defense. Founded in 2022 by ex-U.S. Space Force members, True Anomaly designs and builds advanced systems for space superiority: agile and powerful spacecraft platforms, mission software engineered for unmatched comm...

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