Project Security Officer (Space Cybersecurity)

Location: Bordeaux, France; relocation assistance is available, including visa sponsorship where applicable.

Company

Building spacecraft for human space exploration.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary security interface for the Nyx project across Mission Operations, engineering, suppliers, central security functions, and external partners.
• Translate policies, regulations, customer requirements, and threat intelligence into project security requirements, architectures, procedures, and verification criteria.
• Maintain the integrated security risk picture across cyber, physical, personnel, supply-chain, export-control, and security-architecture domains.
• Flow security requirements into systems, subsystems, suppliers, and operations, verifying implementation with objective evidence.
• Implement secure configurations, access controls, segmentation, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, encryption, and related cybersecurity controls.
• Support threat modeling, risk assessments, security-by-design, supplier assessments, system reviews, readiness, and assurance activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of relevant hands-on experience in cybersecurity engineering, systems security, infrastructure security, operational technology, embedded security, or project security.
• Experience across multiple technical domains, including networks, operating systems, applications, communications, embedded systems, hardware, or data centers.
• Experience translating security requirements, policies, regulations, or customer expectations into system designs, controls, configurations, tests, procedures, and objective evidence.
• Practical experience configuring, hardening, troubleshooting, or monitoring real systems, alongside risk management, vulnerability prioritization, security testing, incident response, and supplier security.
• Strong communication, organization, project-management, and problem-solving skills for collaboration with IT, engineering, suppliers, security functions, and Mission Operations.

Nice to have

• Experience in control rooms, mission-control environments, NOCs, SOCs, launch campaigns, test operations, or other time-critical settings.
• Experience securing spacecraft, launch systems, ground stations, mission-control centers, satellite communications, telemetry systems, or complex control systems.
• Familiarity with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, IEC 62443, ECSS, export-control, space, or applicable national cybersecurity frameworks.
• Relevant certifications or experience with security tooling, automation, vulnerability assessment, monitoring, detection, or incident response.

Culture & Benefits

• Agile environment with fast decision-making and attention to system-level goals.
• Open and collaborative culture focused on transparent discussion of risks and obstacles.
• Opportunity to contribute to spacecraft development and the democratization of space.
• Relocation assistance is available, including visa sponsorship where applicable.
• Equal opportunity workplace with a focus on diversity and non-discrimination.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV for consideration.
• Any offer is contingent on a background check determined by the country, role, and project.