Cybersecurity Engineer for IRIS² (Space Cybersecurity)

Location: Madrid or Arganda del Rey, Spain, or Noordwijk, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global provides engineering support for European space and technology programmes; employment will be through hirify.global or one of its subsidiaries.

What you will do

• Review flight and ground architecture documentation, requirements, Statements of Work, and cybersecurity information-protection requirements.
• Design and analyse security architectures covering encryption technologies, Key Management Facilities, key distribution, interfaces, and subsystems.
• Support compliance analysis, system integration, testing, verification, validation, audits, security upgrades, and accreditation activities.
• Assess vulnerabilities, exploitability, and impact; conduct authorised penetration tests and define mitigations and countermeasures.
• Develop and maintain security plans, end-to-end space-system architectures, security designs, and related requirements.
• Support procurement, implementation plans, industrial contracts, institutional milestone reviews, and collaboration with European New Space companies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Network Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering or secure encryption, preferably in satellite communications.
• Experience with institutional or national government customers, including security risk management, threats and incidents, vulnerabilities, and malware analysis.
• Knowledge of encryption, secure Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting, Key Management Facilities, Security Information and Event Management, and Security Orchestration, Automation and Response.
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC 27000-series standards, ECSS, and CCSDS.
• Security-engineering experience across flight and ground infrastructure, including cryptographic units, secure SIMs, TM/TC encryption, satellite control centres, data centres, 5G, OSS/BSS, and terrestrial networks.
• Experience with European institutions such as EUSPA, the European Commission, and ESA, or equivalent organisations, in secure European space projects.
• Possession of or eligibility to obtain an EU security clearance.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Nice to have

• Experience in the European regulatory environment for cybersecurity and accreditation.
• Knowledge of another European language.

Culture & Benefits

• Equal-opportunity employment with active policies supporting diversity and an inclusive, discrimination-free environment.
• Employment by hirify.global or one of its subsidiaries.
• General security screening by an external provider after selection.

Hiring process

• Submit the application in English via the application button; applications in other languages will not be considered.
• Selected candidates will undergo general security screening by an external provider, with further information provided at interview stage.