Wireless Security Engineering Student Assistant CIPHER

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Embedded Systems Vulnerability Division (ESVD) within the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory (CIPHER) seeks Student Assistants to support teams performing vulnerability analysis of RF signals and systems starting in Spring 2027.Successful candidates will need to be able to analyze large problems and break them down into smaller, achievable tasks. To support this they will need to be able to create high-level block diagrams, create custom scripts to support testing and solve problems from first principles.

Students will be working on projects that may involve one or more of the following: signals analysis / protocol reverse-engineering and/or RF/Software Defined Radio(SDR) software development . Working alone and alongside other students is expected. Strong written communication skills are a must. Experience with software-define radios, gnuradio, or general RF communications/DSP experience is desired.

Student Assistant

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
• Must be registered for at least 6 credit hours with your university
• Must have a 2.0 or higher GPA

• Experience in 1 or more programming languages:
  Python, C, C++, Java, C#, etc
• Task / team leadership experience
• Strong math skills and ability to learn complex engineering concepts
• Familiarity with Linux and open source tools(i.e. git, cmake, etc)
• Configuration management tools
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas
• Experience with DSP and/or RF communications
• Experience with Software-Defined Radios and/or Gnuradio

10–20 hours per week

Due to our research contracts with the US federal government, candidates for this position are required to be US Citizens.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Housing and relocation assistance are not available for this position.

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