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# Principal Engineer - Product Security

- **Company:** Matchtech
- **Location:** Barrow-in-Furness, UK
- **Salary:** £131,477.0 - £177,632.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Software Security
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2973325056-2

## About the Role

We're looking for strong experience in IA / Product Security within complex, regulated environments (e.g., defence, maritime, aerospace), including:

 * Security case development and security evidence/assurance
 * Risk management (including risk registers) and requirements gap analysis
 * Secure by Design and/or application security principles
 * Systems engineering lifecycle understanding and design assurance processes
 * Stakeholder management across multi-disciplinary engineering teams and suppliers

Desirable knowledge:

 * HM Government Information Security Standards IS1 & IS2
 * ISO 27000 series (e.g., ISO 27001)
 * IEC 62443
 * Working towards or holding NCSC CCP SIRA (or equivalent)

## Description

We're recruiting for a Principal Engineer - Product Security to provide senior technical leadership across Information Assurance (IA) and Product Security activities within a highly regulated engineering programme.

This is a delivery-focused role, supporting design maturity and programme readiness through security engineering governance, security case development, and risk management., You'll act as the focal point for product security within a complex engineering environment, working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to ensure security engineering activities are delivered in line with agreed processes, governance, and programme milestones., * Leading and delivering product security engineering activity in line with programme plans and governance

 * Developing Interim and Final Security Cases across programme phases
 * Managing IA and security risks, including maintaining security/risk register contributions
 * Supporting design assurance, formal reviews, and lifecycle gates with robust security evidence
 * Coordinating and managing IA Technical Queries and formal communications
 * Reviewing supplier IA/cyber deliverables and providing assurance outputs
 * Planning, tracking and reporting delivery status, risks and milestones
 * Providing technical leadership and mentoring within the product security team


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