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# Systems/Software Security Engineer

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Totowa, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $128,831.0 - $219,012.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, System Configuration, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, MagicDraw, Software Security
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_ScrapingHub24830-BAE1US129687BREXTERNAL

## About the Role

They propose countermeasures that provide the greatest protection at the best value for the system s entire lifecycle. **Our Software and Systems Engineers do a lot of amazing things, and for these opportunities may include the following;** + Design and implement security architectures on complex processors based on requirements from your analysis of adversary threats and proposed countermeasures. + Implement and test embedded software according to the guidance provided by the U.S. Government + Work with Security State of the Art (S-SOTA) technologies. + Provide our customers with sophisticated, defense-in-depth security solutions. + Work with NIST cryptographic algorithms **Please note:** Depending on the role, it will involve developing embedded software for security solutions on embedded processors and requires a bachelor s degree plus 4 or more years of work experience,or understanding systems engineering techniques and processes. _Because of the need for consistent, in-person
collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed fulltime on site.
This means work will be conducted on location at a BA_ **Required Education, Experience, & Skills** Depending on the role, it will involve developing embedded software for security solutions on embedded processors and requires a bachelor s degree plus 4 or more years of work experience dependin on the specific role, or understanding systems engineering techniques and processes. **Additional critical skills include:** + Experience working at the driver, Operating System (OS) and/or Board Support Package (BSP) level + Defining embedded software architectures + Integrating software on complex processors + Technical leadership of a software development + Writing System Requirements + Defining System Architectures + Integrating Hardware and Software + Validating and Verifying the delivered solution **Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills** + Cryptographic algorithm implementation + Configuring security features of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
(COTS) S-SOTA components + Firmware development for COTS S-SOTA components such as Xilinx or Microsemi FPGAs + Applying secure coding practices, securing operating systems, and virtualization + Implementing and configuring security protocols + Model-Based Systems Engineering using Cameo or MagicDraw + Developing positive customer relationships + Product design development and design analysis for manufacturability and maintainability _\#ESCSE_ **Pay Information** Full-Time Salary Range: $128831 - $219012 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures.
However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

## Description

They take their creative and innovative spirit to the extreme by playing the part of adversary through their identification of attack vectors.