Senior Aviation Cyber Certification Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Boston or remote within the United States; hybrid workplace. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship or visa transfer.

Base salary: $165,000–$220,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and defense company developing autonomous aviation systems and a non-human pilot for aircraft operations from takeoff to touchdown.

What you will do

• Establish civil aviation cybersecurity certification processes, procedures, templates, and artifact structures.
• Lead airworthiness security activities under DO-326A/ED-202A and ARP4754B, including threat and security risk identification.
• Develop PSecAC, Security Development Plan, PSecAC Summary, security risk assessments, verification results, and compliance evidence.
• Act as the technical point of contact for the FAA, EASA, and other certification authorities or designated representatives.
• Partner with systems, software, safety, and program management teams to integrate security requirements into development and certification schedules.
• Own configuration-controlled security certification documentation across civil and military aviation programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 6–9 years of cybersecurity or systems security engineering experience, including direct civil aviation airworthiness security experience.
• Direct experience applying DO-326A/ED-202A, ARP4754B, and DO-356A/ED-203A on aircraft or system certification programs.
• Experience working with FAA, EASA, or other certification authorities, directly or through a DER/ODA Unit Member.
• Ability to build certification processes, procedures, and documentation from the ground up.
• Ability to work independently and coordinate across systems, software, safety, and program management teams.
• U.S. work authorization is required; visa sponsorship and visa transfers are not available.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of RMF, vulnerability assessment, DISA STIGs, IATT, and ATO processes.
• Experience in aerospace, avionics, autonomous systems, or other safety-critical engineering domains.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
• Experience mentoring engineers or building a security engineering function.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup environment with an entrepreneurial, team-focused working style.
• Health, dental, and life insurance.
• Flexible paid time off and work-life integration.
• 401(k) plan with company match and competitive equity grants.
• Professional development support in a small engineering team.