Early Career, R&D Digital Systems Security, Hybrid

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• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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Are you passionate about designing and securing high‑consequence digital systems that support national security? Do you enjoy exploring hardware and software security architectures and applying rigorous techniques to ensure system correctness and resilience? Are you interested in leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance security analysis, verification, and risk discovery?

If so, Sandia is looking for motivated early career engineers (job title: R&D Cybersecurity) to join our team. You will work alongside experienced weapon systems teams to learn how to design security architectures and recommend effective mitigating strategies. You will engage in research to design, analyze, and validate cyber‑relevant operations for mission‑critical systems and environments as part of multidisciplinary teams. Your contributions will help build a forward‑thinking, collaborative culture that embraces innovation and scales capabilities supporting national security objectives.

Come join our team and make a national impact.

• Assist in security assessments, red‑team exercises, and technical evaluations to identify and mitigate vulnerability risks.
• Support the design, analysis, and validation of security implementations for digital systems.
• Help develop workflows that automate cyber risk discovery and support verification processes to improve trusted operation of mission‑relevant systems.
• Explore and integrate emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, design automation tools, and analysis frameworks to enhance security analysis and risk discovery.
• Conduct hands‑on experimentation and prototyping using simulation and emulation platforms to validate security concepts.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts on modernization, stockpile, and national security programs.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Build relationships across internal teams, research centers, and external partners including academia and industry to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Engage in research and development initiatives that advance digital systems hardening.
• Foster a mission‑driven culture of innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.

The selected applicant can work a combination of onsite and offsite work. The selected applicant must live within a reasonable distance for commuting to the assigned work location when necessary.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

$121,900 - $237,800

* 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…