Principal System Security Engineer

About the role

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com . Job Description Summary: The Secure Solutions Group within the System's Engineering Directorate is seeking a Principal System Security Engineer to support engineering, integrating, and deploying trustworthy secure platforms that resist cyber, reverse engineering, and supply chain threats. The group has multidisciplinary proficiencies in secure systems architecture, hardware security and resilience, software security and resilience, system validation and accreditation, and cryptography. Specific responsibilities include the following: - Work with cross disciplinary team of system, hardware, and software engineers to support program execution. - Communicate with program members, program offices, and sponsors to present work to the technical and evaluation community. - Bring a systems engineering prospective to support development system architectures for secure solutions. - Support analysis of Draper, customer, and sponsor developed systems to evaluate effectiveness and suitability. Job Description: Duties/Responsibilities - Manage and control priorities, scope, schedule, and cost to baselines by proactively monitoring program/task performance across larger activities. - Independently derive system-level requirements based on mission requirements and defines plan and approach to solve complex problems. - Supports helping customers shape problems and needs. - Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to develop and implement security approaches through a program lifecycle. - Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies. - Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers. Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals. Skills/Abilities - Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, industry and customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members. program leadership, and non-technical personnel - Team player able to work in a fast-paced environment. - Ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands. Education Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field. Master's degree preferred.