New Graduate Engineer, Security Software

About the Role

The Starshield team is building highly reliable in-space mesh networks, designing secure systems to guarantee access to space, designing next-gen communication and sensing software, and more. This role is for a New Graduate Engineer focused on Security Software for the Starshield program, supporting national security efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build security infrastructure for Starshield, including cryptographic services and other security-critical services.
• Develop security features for Starshield systems, including our router, dish, gateways, and satellites.
• Design security into factory processes and provide network services to support this.
• Maintain existing production systems and improve security posture via both direct implementation and recommendations to other teams.
• Build prototypes and help identify, design, and test security improvements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline.
• Experience with one or more software development languages (i.e., Python, C++, Golang).
• Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise/large-scale infrastructure.
• Graduating in the class of 2026 or 2027.
• Software engineering
• Applied cryptography
• Network security
• Operating system security
• Secure/authenticated boot
• Incident response and adversary detection
• Vulnerability research

Qualifications

• Experience contributing security improvements to complex systems.
• Experience working with special purpose security hardware such as trusted platform modules (TPMs) and hardware security modules (HSMs).
• Fundamental understanding of network protocols; including the TCP/IP stack as well as UDP based protocols.
• Experienced in navigating large, complex, interactive systems.
• Flexibility, communicating clearly, and establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with other engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity and to learn new technologies quickly.
• Advanced degree in a technical or engineering discipline.
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance.

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment.
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible to obtain U.S. Department of State authorizations.