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Cyber Security Specialist

The Panther Group
Sterling, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 2/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/6/2025

The Panther Group is seeking a Contract To Hire (6 months temp to perm) Cyber Security Engineer Specialist located in Sterling Heights Michigan. This role requires US Citizenship and an Active Security Clearance. Pay Rate ranges based on experience but targeted pay rate is $85 an hour. The position is considered hybrid with 20% flexibility.


Key Requirements for this role:

  • Mid-career 8 -10 years minimum experience (More senior experience candidates encouraged to apply
  • Cyber engineer background (Not IT/Enterprise – more systems/embedded)
  • Plus: Worked in DoD / Military Vehicle contracts
  • Worked on Vehicle Cyber projects required
  • Core engineer – possible Computer engineering background/ detailed skills with software/hardware
  • Exposure to MBSE / Cameo preferred
  • Must have Risk Management Framework (RMF) experience

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Description

  • The function of this position is to support the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) section with responsibility for Cyber architecture, technology, evaluation, testing and compliance across the US market and support the delivery of products and services to Ground Combat Platforms. This is an engineering position which will broadly execute guidance from platform Chief Engineer, Systems Engineering Manager, and functional management. The following are the key duties and skills required:
  • Exercise authority and responsibility for Cyber products and tasks to help integrate cross-functional technical scope within schedule and other constraints. Help project team to ensure a balanced, integrated, and compliant Cyber design across the vehicle system.
  • Manage/support the identification, development and implementation of platform cyber-physical design best practices, tools and education across the entire engineering enterprise. This will be done with a cross functional team of engineering and program disciplines and form the basis for developing a cyber security culture within the engineering organization.
  • The person selected for this role with lead Threat Analysis for a high-profile project. They will recommend the areas to be remediate based on their threat analysis.
  • The person must be able to conceptualize cyber findings and be able to communicate these to the project manager / developers to remediate the findings.
  • Develop and manage System requirements and interface allocations including Performance and Space, weight and Power-Cooling, Reliability and Maintenance SWaP-CRaM), and enforce across the design team; develop system specification requirements compliance documentation
  • Manage and coordinate requirements, architecture and system designs and any changes, conditions, inputs and final resolution for requirements, trades, and alternatives
  • Manage, develop, support and conduct trade studies/structured decisions for system and subsystem design including system-level impacts to include balance of space, weight, power, cost, reliability, and performance across a Cyber vehicle suite
  • Oversee/support development of verification plans and manage their execution including test and production and field site shakedown and verification
  • Participate in design and integration troubleshooting/Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and problem report/test incident resolution for production, development, test, or modification projects
  • Develop and evaluate checkpoint and design milestone artifacts and Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) and review to ensure technical accuracy and compliance with contract requirements
  • Coordinate with platform Design Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) where interface is required, such as in threat analysis, interface development and requirements decomposition and compliance
  • Evaluate new Cyber technologies for potential use on our products
  • Manage and participate in peer reviews


Position Requirements

(candidates will be considered on the aggregate of the position requirements, it is not required that candidates possess experience in all categories): Bachelor of Science in Engineering, related science or equivalent (Relevant cyber technical certificates and management credentials will be considered).

  • Must have Risk Management Framework (RMF) experience
  • Experience with security system integration/testing plan development and test execution working with security integration and testing (exposure more important than the actual tools)
  • Experience in interpreting higher level customer requirements and flowing them down to technology areas
  • Experience in developing and managing system level cyber requirements
  • Familiarity with cyber physical system security requirements
  • 8 years of vehicle design / engineering experience with a strong Cyber background.
  • Experience with embedded systems, automotive and military related
  • Experience with software and computer science principles
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)


Nice to have

  • Experience in embedded system or software top-level design as it relates to vehicles using C, Ada, or Rust in a Linux environment.
  • Experience / Exposure to MBSE and Cameo
  • Experience with vehicle cyber posturing and tailoring cyber controls
  • Experience with teams in technical development projects
  • Experience with engineering and/or military vehicle projects preferred.
  • Familiarity with various electrical line replaceable units and the development and troubleshooting of electronic hardware
  • Experience with cyber warfare, offensive and/or defensive


Other requirements

  • This position may require the candidate to be able to climb on/off, work in, and work around military vehicles is desired. Must be able to pass ASR test (Anthropometric Size Requirement for confined space)
  • Ability to travel (mostly domestic, some international) up to 15%
  • This position requires Active US security clearance.

Salary : $85

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