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Vast · 1 day ago

Staff Product Security Engineer

Long Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $243K/yr

5+ years exp

Vast is a company dedicated to advancing space exploration by building artificial gravity space stations. They are seeking a Senior Product Security Engineer to support the development of systems for human-rated space stations, focusing on security architecture and compliance efforts.

Defense & Space

Culture & Values

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Developing top-level system requirements, and flowing down requirements and implementation concepts to subsystem

Define security development and test efforts implementation of security controls of components for the ground, link, and vehicle segments

Support developing plans and estimates, task execution, project tracking, reporting, and risk identification and mitigation plans

Interact with other functions to coordinate requirements, solutions, trades, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness

Support compliance efforts as it relates to NIST 800-53

Qualification

Security architectureThreat modelingRisk assessmentSecurity testing methodologiesCryptographic methodsAccess controlsSecure communications protocolsProject planningRisk managementCompliance requirementsSPARTA frameworkAWS familiarityStartup environment experienceCross-functional collaboration

Required

5+ years of hands-on experience

Strong understanding of security architecture, system requirements development, and implementation concepts for complex systems

Hands-on experience with threat modeling, risk assessment, and security testing methodologies

Familiarity with cryptographic methods, access controls, and secure communications protocols

Experience supporting project planning, task execution, reporting, and risk management

Strong ability to interact with cross-functional teams to align security requirements, trade-offs, and system impacts

Experience in security assessments, audits, and remediation planning

Ability to travel up to 10% of the time

Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones

Preferred

Understanding of compliance requirements and certifications like NIST 800-53

Understanding of the SPARTA framework

Prior experience developing, implementing, and validating a security features for a space system

Familiarity operating in AWS

Prior experience working in a fast-paced startup environment

Benefits

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents

Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

One Medical membership

ClassPass credits

Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health

Other discounts and perks

Exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge

Lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees

Company

Vast

Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

Founded in 2021

Long Beach, California, US

501-1000 employees