Fcas2023 Senior Aircraft Systems Security Engineer (D/F/M)

Job Description:

SUMMARY

Are you a Cyber Security Engineer ready to take on new and exciting challenges?… Are you willing to work in a multi-cultural environment, on a worldwide aerospace leader company?…

If you are a highly motivated Engineer ready for new technologies, working in Cyber Security field that enjoys innovating, and simplifying solutions and ways of working with real work experience in designing Security Architectures, strong infrastructure and/or secure development background, and real passion for Cyber Security, this position be what you are looking for… Airbus gives you the opportunity to apply for it!… You will feel challenged with a job that doesn’t leave you bored!… You will feel stimulated in a position that will enable you to change our ways of working and benefit our Company with the expertise you develop.

We are looking for a Senior Aircraft Systems Security Engineer to join our Product Security team within engineering organization in Airbus Defence & Space in Manching (Germany).

You will be a key person in charge of ensuring that the Airbus Defence and Space Products and supporting services are protected against cybersecurity threats throughout their entire lifecycle (i.e. from early R&T phases, definition, development, implementation, industrialization, operation, maintenance and support, through to end of life and disposal). You will work in a new and challenging international environment where cyber security is a key driver to be considered as part of all products designed and developed by Airbus Defence and Space.

You will boost your career joining a dedicated team in charge of ensuring military aircraft airworthiness security. You will co-work together with design offices in designing the systems security architectures ensuring that the security requirements are implemented.

You will have a defining and key role in the product security activities on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program by leveraging combined capabilities of connected manned and unmanned platforms, increasing the capabilities, intelligence and resilience at system of systems level enabled by an Air Combat Cloud, and raising together a culture of teamwork, cooperation, inclusiveness and innovation in our division, with Customers, and with partners.

You will also have a supporting role in the Product Security activities on the Military Aircraft and Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) programs.

TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

One of the main responsibilities of the Product Security team is to guarantee that Airbus Military systems are designed to ensure the appropriate level of protection from the intentional unauthorized electronics interactions and the appropriate means are implemented to mitigate their consequences on safety, mission…

You will be in charge of the product security requirements definition, design, implementation, integration, test, verification and compliance.

As a Senior Aircraft Systems Security Engineer embed in the system engineering process you will drive the definition of product security architectures and design in accordance to their security requirements derived from the security risk assessments.

You will enable Business by means of providing Cyber security consultancy, guidance to business projects/programs to ensure the fulfilment of the regulation and contractual requirements and the Customer expectations. You will work in a very close collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders (e.g. Authorities, Customer, Program manager, Chief engineer, center of competences, partners, suppliers…) for accomplishing the product security milestones for the different programs.

As a Senior Aircraft Security Engineer the main responsibilities will be to:

• Provide Product Security governance during the whole product’s lifecycle.

• Participate as stakeholder in the definition and concept development phase.

• Conduct the security risk assessments on the Products (including threat and vulnerability assessment).

• Define the product security requirements to be embed on systems designs.

• Design of secure systems architectures.

• Adopt and promote a security-by-design approach with the different projects stakeholders.

• Propose security solutions (architectures and designs) to comply with requirements, allowing safe and easy operations.

• Assess and evaluate the implemented product security requirements within system architectures solutions proposed by systems designers.

• Provide support to the Airworthiness Certification activities in collaboration with Safety center of competence.

• Conduct formal compliance processes (security evaluation, certification and accreditation processes) in accordance to the applicable criteria and methodologies (CC/CEM, ITSEC/ITSEM…) and national/international security regulations.

• Provide support and expertise on product security to systems designers.

• Contribute to R&T&D projects.

• Monitor the cyber vulnerabilities and analyze how they affect to the systems to identify possible mitigations means.

• Participation to standardization of product security policies and processes.

The job holder will develop:

• Product Security skills to support engineering community.

• Global view and knowledge on all aircraft systems and their interfaces.

• Soft skills to communicate on product security topics towards authorities, customers, management, programs, chief engineers, systems designers, aircraft architects, partners and suppliers.

REQUIREMENTS

This position is open to both senior cyber security engineers and non-cyber security profiles with Aircraft system design and development knowledges and experiences or Aircraft Safety / Airworthiness and Aircraft System Architect willing to grow on product security competences.

The successful candidate will be subjected to a NATO/National security clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with the business needs.

This role will involve occasional travel for business and as such the successful candidate must be able to travel according to the business needs.

Soft Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and Leadership skills.

• Strong team player.

• Highly innovative mindset and permanently challenging the status quo.

• Passionate about Security and Technology.

• In depth interest to Engineering matters.

• Willingness to do always your best, grow and take new responsibilities.

• Ability to learn and grow in an evolving environment.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Proactive, self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as a team member in a challenging environment.

• Able to work autonomously as well as in international teams.

• Strong customer focus and result orientation.

Technical Skills

• Bachelors or Master in Telecommunication Engineer or Aeronautical Engineer or Computer Science.

• More than 5 years of experience in Information Security and/or Aircraft Systems design and development.

• Able to write clear and consumable security documentation.

• Advanced level of English.

• Good command of French or German is an advantage but not essential.

Nice to have (not mandatory):

• Knowledge in Aircraft Security.

• Knowledge of EUROCAE regulation focused on Airworthiness Security Process (ED-202A, ED-203A and ED-204).

• Knowledge of NATO/National security regulations.

• Knowledge of Security Evaluation, Certification and Accreditation Processes.

• IT Security Professional certification is highly desired (CISSP, SANS/GIAC or equivalent) but not essential.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Contract Type:

Permanent Contract / CDI / Unbefristet / Contrato indefinido

Experience Level:

Professional / Expérimenté(e) / Professionell / Profesional

Job Family:

Cyber Security

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.