Systems/Software Security Engineer

Job Description
Thank you for your interest in BAE Systems! This opening is included as part of our September 2026 Defense Electronics Engineering Hiring Event. While we encourage all interested professionals to apply, please note that this is a selection-based interview event for candidates whose skills and experience match our hiring needs. If your background and skill set match these needs, we will reach out with next steps. If selected for an interview, specific opportunities based on your interests, experience, and skill set will be discussed with the hiring team. For candidates not local to the northern New Jersey area, virtual interviews will be accommodated.

Our Charter: Deter. Impede. Detect. Respond.

Our Mission: Safeguard the United States' most critical technologies from exploitation to maintain our battlefield pre-eminence.

Our Need: Creative and innovative engineers with prior embedded software engineering or systems security experience who can design and develop innovative security solutions on the most complex processors.

BAE Systems is currently seeking creative, innovative problem solvers to be part of a system security engineering focused group. In a modern approach to “Spy vs Spy,” BAE Systems uses state-of-the-art technology, advanced mathematics, and physics in novel ways to protect our systems and provide our customers with capability that endures. Our engineers design solutions that achieve the optimum balance between product capability and defense-in-depth security. They apply all the lessons learned to our model-based design approach and frequently advance security state-of-the-art. They take their creative and innovative spirit to the extreme by playing the part of adversary through their identification of attack vectors. 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

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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.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.