Job Summary:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a research and development organization focused on national security challenges. The role involves contributing to the development and implementation of secure computing technologies, collaborating with engineers to solve technical challenges, and supporting the transfer of solutions to real-world applications.
Responsibilities:
• Contribute to the development, prototyping, and implementation of secure computing, storage, and communication technologies.
• Engage in a range of research and engineering activities, from software design and system integration to testing and evaluation.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers across disciplines to solve technical challenges relevant to National Security.
• Support the transfer of technical solutions to real-world applications.
Qualifications:
Required:
• A Master’s degree in Computer Security, System Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: Software design, development, and testing in Rust (preferred) and/or C/C++.
• Systems integration, testing, and evaluation of secure systems.
• Embedded systems analysis, design, and implementation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.
Preferred:
• Experience or interest in one or more of the following: System engineering, security requirements analysis, and threat modeling.
• Secure programming practices and software development lifecycle.
• Operating system internals, embedded systems security, and network protocols.
• Applied cryptography and protocols, including industry and government standards.
• Advanced cryptographic techniques such as multi-party computation and zero-knowledge protocols.
• Software static and dynamic analyses tools and techniques, as well as applied formal methods tools.
• Technical communication: Documenting designs, writing reports and research papers, and communicating technical concepts effectively.
Company:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Founded in 1951, the company is headquartered in Lexington, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.