The Cybersecurity & Human Factors SME will provide senior subject-matter expertise across cybersecurity and human factors disciplines for aviation systems and operational environments, ensuring that cybersecurity, operational resilience, usability, human performance, and safety-critical design principles are effectively integrated into ATM systems, operational procedures, and transition activities.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead cybersecurity and human factors advisory activities across ATM modernization, operational readiness, and transition programs.
- Review ATM systems, operational procedures, HMIs, CWPs, digital platforms, and operational workflows from cybersecurity and human factors perspectives.
- Support cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability reviews, access-control evaluations, system hardening, and operational resilience activities.
- Assess human performance risks including workload, situational awareness, usability, fatigue, procedural complexity, and operational error potential.
- Develop and maintain cybersecurity and human factors requirements, assurance evidence, risk assessments, and mitigation plans.
- Support operational trials, simulations, training validation, readiness exercises, and emergency response activities.
- Coordinate with engineering, operations, safety, regulatory, V&V, IT/OT security, suppliers, and operational stakeholders.
- Report cybersecurity and human factors risks, dependencies, and readiness status to program governance forums.
- Support compliance with ICAO cybersecurity frameworks, aviation safety requirements, and applicable ergonomic standards such as ISO 11064.
Specific Requirements
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in:
- Cybersecurity
- Information Security
- Human Factors
- Ergonomics
- Systems Engineering
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- or related discipline.
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Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001, Human Factors certification, or equivalent are desirable.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10–15 years of experience in:
- Aviation systems
- ATM/CNS environments
- Cybersecurity
- OT security
- Human factors
- Safety-critical systems
- Regulated operational environments.
- Experience assessing cybersecurity and human performance risks within operational aviation environments.
- Experience working with regulators, suppliers, operational stakeholders, and technical delivery teams.
