Senior Principal Engineer, Product Cyber Vulnerability Assessment

RTX

Sr. Principal Engineer leading cybersecurity assessments for aerospace and defense products.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $132,400 - $251,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Product Cybersecurity Center (PCsC) provides enterprise-wide services, enablers, training, and technical expertise that help RTX securely design, build, and assess the cybersecurity of its products.
As a senior cybersecurity expert within this organization, the Sr. Principal Engineer, Cyber Vulnerability Assessment leads a broad range of product-focused security assessment activities—including vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, secure-design evaluation, and architectural review—to identify risks and strengthen the resilience of a broad range of RTX products across all lifecycle stages.
This role encompasses advanced vulnerability identification, penetration testing, secure design evaluation, architectural analysis, and risk assessment — all aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity posture and resilience of RTX products.
It requires deep technical capability, strong analytical skills, and the ability to provide actionable recommendations that directly influence product engineering decisions.
A key component of this role is also the development and delivery of cybersecurity training that enables product teams to integrate secure practices into design, development, testing, and sustainment.
The Sr. Principal Engineer ensures that assessment insights and real-world findings directly shape course content, hands-on exercises, and learning materials used across RTX engineering teams.
The Sr. Principal Engineer will regularly lead assessment teams composed of engineers and specialists from across the business, providing technical direction, mentoring, and coordinating activity to deliver high-impact product assessments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
10+ years of experience in vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, offensive security, product cybersecurity, or similar hands‑on cybersecurity disciplines.
Strong proficiency with penetration testing and vulnerability analysis tools and techniques (e.g., Nmap, Burp Suite, Metasploit, OWASP ZAP, Ghidra, IDA Pro, JTAGulator, Bus Pirate, ChipWhisperer).
Experience delivering and developing material to a broad audience – including both technical and leadership positions (e.g., teaching, training, conference presentations, customer presentations).
Professional certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, OSEP, GPEN, GWAPT, GDSA, CISSP, or equivalent.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short-term disability
long-term disability
401(k) match
flexible spending accounts
flexible work schedules
employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
parental leave
paid time off
holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

vulnerability assessmentpenetration testingoffensive securitysecure design evaluationarchitectural analysisrisk assessmentcybersecurity traininganalytical skillsactionable recommendationsproduct engineering decisions

Soft Skills

technical directionmentoringcoordinating activitycommunicationleadership

Certifications

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