Early Career Cybersecurity Engineer - Microelectronics Protection Technologies, Onsite

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We are seeking an R&D Cybersecurity Engineer with experimental experience in side‑channel analysis, cybersecurity research or anti‑tamper to work as part of a team with other specialists and scientists in a multi‑functional lab environment! You will be responsible for:
Experimental design for chip‑scale analysis;
Proposing new direction in investigations;
And leading multidisciplinary teams in national level technology assessments. You will analyze systems at the interface between hardware and software. The work that you do will have national significance.

• Understand and combine data derived from hardware and software experiments, simulations, and paper‑based technical evaluations
• Evaluate hardware implementations from the chip scale all the way up to large integrated systems
• Build data collection set ups and implement experiments in the lab
• Improve on existing laboratory experimental set ups
• Collaborate with specialists across the Labs and at partner laboratories across the country
• Communicate technical findings with government and commercial entities
• Research and develop new capabilities in side channel collection

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$99,400 - $193,600

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
• The ability to obtain and maintain an SCI clearance, which may may require a polygraph.

The ideal R&D Cybersecurity Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Forensics, Mathematics or a directly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Active DOE Q or DOD TS security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an SCI.
• Experience in one or more of the following: reverse engineering, software vulnerability assessment, web application assessment, computer networking, computer architecture, compilers, or similar computer security topics.
• Proficiency in scripting or high‑level programming.
• Familiarity with secure‑system design principles and information assurance principles.
• Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to develop technical ideas and results and present them in oral and written form in a concise manner.

• Proven accomplishment in side‑channel…