# Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity (R6438) at Shieldai

- Company: Shieldai
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Security
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Skills: X-BAT Division, X-BAT Engineering
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shieldai/563f5837-b99e-49e5-82ad-b4602352af82

## Description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai https://shield.ai/. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai, X https://x.com/shieldaitech, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI. 

 

We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead cybersecurity activities for an airborne aerospace and defense platform. This role will integrate cybersecurity across avionics, mission systems, aircraft networks, communications, embedded software, and ground-support systems.

What You'll Do

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 - Develop the platform’s cybersecurity architecture, requirements, and protection strategy.

 - Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, attack-surface analysis, and cyber risk assessments.

 - Define protections for secure boot, authentication, access control, encryption, key management, software updates, and data communications.

 - Apply defense-in-depth across aircraft systems, networks, radios, data links, and external interfaces.

 - Lead DoD Risk Management Framework activities and develop required authorization evidence.

 - Evaluate hardware, software, firmware, and supplier des

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