Sr System Engineer (Anti-Tamper Systems & Hardware)

$58,000 - $126,000/Yr

Boecore - Huntsville, AL

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Huntsville, AL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Auria is seeking a Sr System Engineer specializing in Anti-Tamper Systems & Hardware to support the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) program. The role involves collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team to analyze high-level needs and develop minimum viable products (MVPs) that lead to fielded products. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining various program protection plans and assessments, ensuring compliance with anti-tamper and exportability requirements, and supporting program milestone reviews.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Anti-tamper (AT) and C2BMC leadership on updates and changes to the C2BMC system.
• Perform Anti-Tamper Risk and Threat Management Assessments and reports for the C2BMC program.
• Develop the analysis process, prepare the AT plan, and provide coordination and input for near-term fielding decisions.
• Develop, deliver, and maintain the C2BMC AT Plan, C2BMC AT Evaluation Plan, C2BMC Key Management Plan, and the C2BMC Program Protection Plan.
• Develop, deliver, and maintain Critical Program Information (CPI) analysis, Defense Exportability Assessments, and defense export strategy.
• Develop, deliver, and maintain waivers for CPI, AT, or defense exportability features.
• Assess program Anti-Tamper designs and implementation plans in support of verification and validation efforts.
• Develop and deliver recommendations to improve program protection while meeting cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
• Identify risk-based technical countermeasures for protecting C2BMC Critical Program Information and Critical Components.
• Brief Anti-Tamper and Program Protection requirements and prepare white papers and evaluations as required.
• Support program milestone reviews and Fielding Decisions and verify entrance criteria are satisfied by approving the Anti-Tamper and Program Protection products.
• Interact with customers to define SSE requirements, solutions, trades, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness.
• Support developing plans and estimates, task execution, project tracking, reporting, and risk identification and mitigation plans.
• Keep senior management informed on significant accomplishments, issues, and concerns.

Requirements

• An active Secret clearance is required to start.
• 8 years with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field; 6 years with a Masters degree in a related field; or 12 years experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must possess a DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level III or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA).
• Substantial understanding of system design and development, service-oriented architecture development principles, and implementation and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Demonstrable skills in designing and implementing Anti-Tamper (AT) and Defense Exportability Features (DEF) solutions.
• Ability to engineer complex systems to ensure separation of concerns.
• Ability to factor confidentiality, integrity, and availability considerations in all phases of the system development lifecycle.
• Ability to understand and decompose requirements to support hardware components' implementation, verification, and validation testing.
• Ability to generate detailed, repeatable, automated test procedures.
• Ability to extract data to support analysis requirements.
• Ability to generate procedures that test functionality.
• Ability to apply Agile and Lean Product Development principles as well as train others through a DevOps-type environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Git, JIRA, Confluence, and other open-source development tools.
• Experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems, software, and specialty engineers.

Benefits

• Generous PTO package with yearly tenure increases
• Flex time policy providing flexibility
• 11 Company-Paid Holidays per year
• Up to 4% match on 401(k) employee contributions, with immediate vesting
• Tuition and Certification Fee Assistance
• Low-cost medical plans including company-sponsored HSA
• No-cost life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)