The Company -
We are proud to be partnered with one of the world's leading organisations within Electronic Warfare, with over 100-years history providing the latest technological advances to military customers in the UK and further afield.
This is a great opportunity to work on critical programmes in EW and Future Combat Air Systems, where you will take the lead on safety-critical Product Security.
Key Skills:
Experience being authorised signatory for product security sign-off
Technical leadership experience, including mentoring and development skills
Experience of Product Security
Working in a complex safety-critical engineering environment
Familiarity with Legislation - eg IPA, DPA, Official Secrets Act;
Ideally Electronics experience but can consider other complex product development backgrounds
Understanding of cyber security and cyber resilienceCompany Benefits:
Flexible salary depending on level to be discussed on application
Annual bonus scheme
Industry leading pension scheme - up to 15% employer contribution (based on 8% employee contribution). Please see table below.
Life assurance - 4x annual salary if you have opted into the pension scheme
Flexi leave - 12 flexi days a year for additional hours worked
Annual leave - 25 days plus public holidays
Hybrid working schedule with 1-day a week on-site with occasional UK travel
Flexible benefits - £500 per year for employees to select their own benefits (ie. private medical insurance, dental insurance etc)
Key Experience:
Has hands-on experience of developing robust security risk management system for complex high integrity electronics systems in accordance with customer, regulatory and legislative expectations.
Familiarity with Legislation - eg IPA, DPA, Official Secrets Act;
Registered NCSC Certified Professional at lead level, or equivalent NCSC recognised qualification.
Knowledge of UK/NATO Information Assurance standards, procedures & systems, including HMG Security Policy Framework, ISO security standards, DO326A.
Familiarity with the principles of incident investigation and knows how to implement an investigation process;
Practical experience of NCSC and Common Criteria security evaluation techniques and requirements up to High Grade.
Knowledge of current Crypto technologies, Key Management Systems & practical COMSEC implementations.
Regularly delivered training courses within a Company and delivered awareess presentations to other groups. Has worked with others to identify the future Product Security needs of the Company;
Awareness of product security implications relating to safety;
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to interact with subject matter experts regarding a wide range of technical and operational topics.Desirable experience:
A strong background in design implementation of high integrity complex electronics, such as Software design to DO178C level C, Complex Electronics hardware upto DO254 Level
Good understanding and experience in delivery and maintenance of products to meet regulatory requirements, for example MAA DAOS, ARP4754
Understanding of the concept of operations for products, in order to understand the functional security risks and define/agree the appropriate mitigations;
Ability to identify and deliver alternate/innovative ways to manage security, including ensuring buy-in from key regulatory bodies;
Understanding of the role of advisory boards within the UK Government or NATO for security.
Active membership of an external security specialist group or forum