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# Systems Security Engineer

- **Company:** Kelly FedSecur
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $208,000.0 - $224,640.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Cyber Security, Microprocessors, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Key Management, Reverse Engineering, Systems Integration, Trusted Systems, Jama (Software), Bitbucket, Hardware Infrastructure, U-Boot, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9237331/systems-security-engineer

## About the Role

Travel: Ability to travel, up to 15% of the time (location dependent)

Must be a U.S. citizen with an active U.S. government issued DoD Secret security clearance, * Bachelor's Science degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline.

 * Typically requires 6+ years' experience in Systems Engineering.
 * Experience in system engineering principles, including requirements development and management, system design, and verification/validation.
 * Experience in System Security Engineering (SSE) principles, reverse engineering & embedded security.
 * Experience in designing, implementing, and/or testing of real-time embedded security solutions targeted for Department of Defense (DoD) platforms.
 * Experience in generating Anti-Tamper technologies, techniques, and principles, including hardware/software protections, secure boot, and encryption.
 * Experience with Cyber Security, and/or Key Management plans.
 * Experience in vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and risk analysis to identify potential attack vectors and mitigation strategies.
 * U.S. citizen with an active U.S. government issued DoD Secret security clearance is required prior to start date., * Advanced degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline.
 * Strong understanding of anti-tamper technologies, techniques, and principles, including hardware/software protections, secure boot, and encryption.
 * Familiarity with Security State of the Art FPGAs and Intel CPUs
 * Familiarity in design, integration, test, and fielding of secure systems
 * Familiarity VPX and/or rack mount server hardware
 * Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architect or equivalent MBSE tools.
 * Experience with Jama, Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket.
 * Ability to travel, up to 15% of the time (location dependent)

## Description

* Our client is looking for the best and brightest talent to help bring cutting-edge technology to mission-critical aerospace and defense applications.
 * We bridge commercial innovation with defense-grade security to ensure our warfighters and allies have the technological advantage.
 * We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Systems Engineer to develop the next generation of industry-leading rugged, secure processing solutions.
 * In this role, you'll be part of a Systems Engineering team primarily working within our Processing Technology business unit designing, integrating, verifying, and delivering rugged, secure, embedded products.
 * You'll have the opportunity to shape technology across multiple lines of business and multiple product lines.
 * You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative and robust protections against reverse engineering, unauthorized access, and exploitation.
 * You'll be working in a matrix organization as part of a multi-disciplined engineering team while collaborating with Line of Business Chief Engineers, systems engineering, program management, business development, operations, supply chain, and executive leadership to meet customer needs.
 * The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in an environment of an integrated mindset, unconstrained thinking, and being empowered to make decisions.
 * If you are passionate about systems engineering, security, cutting-edge technology, and have a experience in developing secure/anti-tamper processing solutions, we want to hear from you.