Cybersecurity, Principal Engineer in Roma, Italy

Date Posted:

2024-08-15

Country:

Ireland

Location:

LOC9008: Collins Aerospace Ireland limited, 4th Floor, Penrose Business Center, Penrose Wharf, Cork – Ireland

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

Collins AerospaceCollins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Collins Aerospace – Applied Research and TechnologyThe Applied Research and Technology (https://www.collinsaerospace.com/ART) team is a global technology and open innovation resource within Collins Aerospace working on mission-critical projects that push the boundaries of what technology can do. We work on the cutting edge, redefining our industry with innovative partners, government and academia to research and advance transformative technologies that can create a safer, more connected, and sustainable world.

ART Cyber Systems TeamThe Cyber Systems team, geographically distributed across the US, Ireland, and Italy, aims at developing novel technologies to protect connected products and aviation systems to assure the data security, safety, and operational continuity of our customers. By placing security as an enabler for disruptive transformation in the aviation sector, the team designs solutions to assure runtime integrity of the system operations, to protect and control the exchange of shared sensitive data in connected environment, to proactively eliminate vulnerabilities at design time, and to ensure resilience and availability of critical systems.

Job SummaryCollins Aerospace ART seeks candidates with proven research experience in cybersecurity to join the Cyber Systems team for its sites in Ireland and Italy. The successful candidate will need to prove their strong mix of academic research and applied experience in designing, prototyping, and demonstrating cybersecurity technologies that will be part of the next generation on-board and on-the-ground innovative solutions for the connected aerospace domain.

The candidate must possess:

• Strong intellectual curiosity, ingenuity, and integrity.

• Enthusiasm and passion to learn.

• Self-organization and excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills to work in international teams.

• Willing to champion and challenge new technical ideas.

• Able to adapt to new challenges and go beyond the original field of expertise.

• Able to partner with universities, government agencies, national labs, and professional organizations to meet organizational objectives within time and budget constraints.

The person in this role should be self-motivated, serving as a key contributor to the research and implementation of new software and embedded technologies for connected aircraft and critical ground systems. Research projects may include multi-level computing systems, secure networking, formal verification, and advanced software analysis tools. As part of our team, candidates will have the opportunity to significantly contribute to new research we are performing in cyber physical system security.

This is a research-focused role. Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key technical contributor for complex software development projects using languages such as C/C++, Java, Python, Rust, and others.

• Provide subject matter expertise to a multidisciplinary and international team of experts and work on design, analysis, simulation, development and/or verification of cyber-security solutions in the broad ICT domain in high assurance and security-critical systems.

• Participate in teams of hardware, software, and systems engineers to develop, integrate, and evaluate key new software technologies.

• Contribute towards technical strategy and business development to a growing research agenda for future aerospace systems within the Collins Aerospace applied research and technology community.

• Execute R&D activities within an international research community, including technology development within collaborative EU research projects (under e.g. Horizon Europe, SESAR, Clean Sky).

The ideal candidate must possess a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering and must demonstrate outstanding previous embedded systems and security experience. Less experiences candidates are also encouraged to apply and will be evaluated according to their experience. At least a master’s degree in computer science or engineering with strong understanding of operating systems and networking fundamentals is required.

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.Nothing matters more to Collins Aerospace than our strong ethical and safety commitments. As such, all U.S. positions require a background check, which may include a drug screen.Note:

• Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the U.S.)

• Drug Screen only performed on re-hires who have been gone for more than 1 year

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other — propel us all higher, again and again.Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.Privacy Policy and Terms:Click on this link (http://www.rtx.com/privacy/Job-Applicant-Privacy-Notice) to read the Policy and Terms

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Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.