Cybersecurity Engineer - Columbia, MD
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG · rohde-schwarz.com
Columbia
The job in short
Cybersecurity engineering.
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Details
- Found
- 6 d ago · posted 2026-05-22
- Location as listed
- Columbia, US
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
• Perform detailed cybersecurity assessments of ATC systems, subsystems, and COTS components.
• Map component‑level controls to applicable cybersecurity frameworks, primarily NIST SP 800‑53, as well as complementary frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or aviation‑specific guidelines when applicable).
• Identify deficiencies, evaluate risk impact on safety‑critical functions, and define remediation recommendations.
• Produce assessment reports, risk matrices, and control implementation summaries.
• Contribute to the creation, documentation, and maintenance of System Security Plans for ATC systems across their life cycle. -
• Describe system boundaries, data flows, interfaces, security controls, operational environments, and residual risks.
• Ensure consistency with regulatory, customer, and internal compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with systems engineering and certification teams to prepare security deliverables for audits and approval processes.
• Design secure architectures for ATC systems, addressing confidentiality, integrity, availability, traceability, and resilience.
• Define system‑level and component‑level security controls, zoning concepts, segmentation, and protective monitoring strategies.
• Produce architecture diagrams, security models, and interface control documents.
• Align solutions with aviation safety‑critical constraints, real‑time performance requirements, and applicable cybersecurity policies.
• Work closely with the product engineering teams based in Europe and North America.
• Support R&D and engineering teams by translating security requirements into actionable engineering tasks.
• Review system designs, prototypes, and interfaces for compliance with security standards.
• Provide guidance on closing identified security gaps through secure coding practices, architectural changes, or control enhancement.
• Communicate complex cybersecurity concepts in a clear, engineering‑friendly manner.
• Familiarity in IP networking, VoIP, and RF communications or similar.
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