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Networking & Distributed Systems Researcher – Product Security Engineer

3 Locations💼 Full-time💰 $123,350–$123,350🗓 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-30

Core

Lead product security engineer developing secure networking and distributed systems concepts, prototypes, and software for tactical mobile ad-hoc networks, sensor protocols, and airborne network overlays.

Role type

Senior IC product security engineer (networking & distributed systems)

Builds

Secure prototypes and software for tactical mobile ad-hoc network protocols, sensor protocols, airborne network overlays, and network management technologies

Domain

Defense/aerospace networking and cyber security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

C, C++, Python, shell scripting, TCP/IP, UDP, sockets, HTTPS, REST, routing and transport protocols, network-oriented middleware, wireless and satellite networking, embedded systems networking, network management, QoS, traffic engineering, Linux Kernel architecture, hardware abstraction layer design, firmware development

Preferred skills

Project leadership, customer interfacing, DevOps techniques

Technologies

C, C++, Python, shell scripts, Linux Kernel

Responsibilities

Serve as a lead product security engineer for new concepts across tactical mobile ad-hoc network protocols, sensor protocols, airborne network overlays, or network management technologies; mature concepts and software to prove feasibility of new network and cyber security technologies; build secure prototypes to demonstrate capability and test/evaluate prototypes in relevant environments; drive software execution to deliver products on-cost and on-schedule; ensure software product security, safety, assurance, quality, and engineering excellence; drive first time quality in all phases of software development lifecycle; collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to integrate security-by-design into distributed networking systems and prototypes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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