General Cybersecurity Graduate Intern - CIPHER

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.

GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values:

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• 1. Students are our top priority.
• 2. We strive for excellence.
• 3. We thrive on diversity.
• 4. We celebrate collaboration.
• 5. We champion innovation.
• 6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• 7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• 8. We act ethically.
• 9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research Laboratory (CIPHER) provides high-impact solutions to some of today’s most challenging cybersecurity problems, while also turning revolutionary concepts and breakthrough technologies into practical capabilities to address future threats. CIPHER engineers and scientists develop and deploy cutting‑edge technologies in computing, network architectures, signal and protocol analysis, hardware security and trust, assured software and algorithms, network forensics, malware analysis, hardware and software reverse engineering, and advanced analytics during Spring 2027.

The Graduate interns working within CIPHER can expect to be tasked with impactful research opportunities within one or more of the following core research areas:

• Assessments of embedded and cyber‑physical systems
• Reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis of embedded systems
• Assured software, algorithms, and information
• Hardware security and trust
• Quantum computing and sensing
• Resilient command and control systems
• Secure software systems
• Threat analytics

Student tasking will be based on both the nature of the assigned work, as well as the skillset and interest of each individual student.

Graduate Intern

• Pursuing a Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Part‑Time Intern– Must be registered for 6+ credit hours
• Full‑time Intern-Must be registered for 5 or fewer credit hours
• Must be registered for Full‑time Internship Credit

• Experience with 1 or more software or hardware programming languages
• Basic familiarity with standard laboratory test and/or measurement equipment, or desire to acquire such experience
• Ability to learn complex engineering concepts
• Familiarity with either Windows or Linux and the use of open‑source tools
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas
• Ability to work either independently or within a team environment

40 hours per week

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