Communications Security Account Manager
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA
About the role
A COMSEC analyst in SpaceX's Government Security Programs group in Hawthorne who owns the communications security disciplines that protect launch vehicles, satellites and ground systems, meeting national security requirements without slowing engineering down.
The analyst runs COMSEC accounts independently, including key issuance and destruction, carries out self-inspections and inventories, operates and configures End Crypto Units such as the KG-175 and KG-250 suites and the KGR-42, writes security and key management plans, and works with customer security counterparts and briefs leadership. SpaceX asks for a bachelor's degree or three years in COMSEC or security, with at least a year in the field; familiarity with CNSSI 4005 and 4001, NSA/CSS Manual 3-16 and KMI is preferred. A Top Secret clearance must be obtained, the work is in a classified environment, and extended hours may be needed.