2027 Graduate - Engineer/Researcher - Cyber Capabilities Development
johns hopkins applied physics laboratoryLaurel (MD)
2027 Graduate - Engineer/Researcher - Cyber Capabilities Development
Posted 3 days ago
johns hopkins applied physics laboratoryLaurel (MD)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Cyber Warfare Systems Group (QCR) Position Do you want to apply your technical skills to real-world problems and gain experience with cyber operations? Do you enjoy creating, building, experimenting with, and testing new technologies? Are you intellectually curious, seeking to understand how systems work, where they break, and what you can make them do? Are you passionate about cybersecurity, national security, and public service? If these questions resonate with you, you may be a great fit for the Cyber Warfare Systems Group (QCR)!QCR team members apply their skills to offensive security operations and non-kinetic mission defeat. We develop innovative cyber capabilities that support the U.S. military's efforts to execute cyber missions at scale in support of joint operations. We are a team built around trust, clarity, growth, and mission impact. Our research areas include analysis and targeting, cyber layer modeling, cybersecurity, and human-systems modeling. As a member of our team...You will work on multidisciplinary teams to turn promising technical ideas into mission-relevant capabilities. Depending on your interests, background, and expertise, you may: Apply technical methods such as vulnerability research, cybersecurity, networking, penetration testing, cryptography, information theory, modeling and simulation, or data science to cyber mission challenges. Experiment with emerging technologies, including AI-enabled approaches, and critically evaluate their capabilities, limitations, and risks. Design and develop models, prototypes, software, tools, automation, or other technical capabilities for challenging cyber operations missions. Investigate systems and technologies to understand their behavior, security properties, vulnerabilities, and potential mission applications. Test, assess, and refine capabilities in realistic environments as they move from concept toward deployment and operational use. Partner with government, contractor, and APL teammates across the capability lifecycle
Qualifications:
You meet our minimum qualifications for consideration if you: Are graduating with or have recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or another engineering or technical field. Have academic, research, internship, personal project, or professional experience in one or more technical areas such as vulnerability research, information theory, information security, cryptography, networking, penetration testing, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, software development, or related fields. Enjoy creating, experimenting, prototyping, and turning promising ideas into working technical solutions. Can critically evaluate technical approaches, including AI-enabled technologies, and distinguish demonstrated capability from unsupported claims or assumptions. Can combine technical depth with curiosity and creative problem solving to tackle problems that may not have an obvious answer. Can acquire an Interim Top Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately acquire a Top Secret with SCI level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...Have demonstrated leadership, initiative, or the ability to bring people together to accomplish challenging goals. We value people who make their teams better, whether or not they hold a formal leadership role. Can effectively communicate technical information, concepts, and ideas to technical and non-technical audiences. Have experience with open-source intelligence (OSINT), publicly available information (PAI), commercially available information (CAI), intelligence analysis, targeting, geopolitical analysis, or other mission-focused analytical methods. Have experience applying AI/ML, large language models, or AI agents to automate complex tasks, accelerate research or development, or create new capabilities, and understand the opportunities, limitations, and risks of operationalizing AI in mission-critical environments. Have proficiency in defense-critical foreign languages or experience applying language and cultural expertise to mission problems. Understand defense and intelligence sponsor operations and processes such as acquisition, sustainment, risk management, or test and evaluation. Have an active Secret level clearance or above.
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