Job Description
Research Scientist - Security Engineering
Location
US-OH-Beavercreek
ID
2025-3970
Category
Research & Development
Position Type
Full Time Salary
Riverside Overview
Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems.
All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship
Position Overview
The Secure and Resilient Systems group seeks a research scientist to support research and development of cutting-edge software security technologies. The research scientist will support a team that invents, prototypes, and evaluates new security approaches throughout the security engineering stack.
Some topics of interest to a good candidate may include: secure input handling (e.g., parsers, buffer overflow protections), Model Based Systems Engineering (e.g., Cameo), Open Architectures, secure data formats and protocols (e.g., rearchitecting existant protocols to fix flaws) and/or security integration (e.g., fixing bugs and insecurities in legacy operational platforms).
Secure and Resilient Systems research scientists need a strong background in computer science fundamentals (e.g., algorithms, data structures, program languages), experience with software development practices for large projects (e.g., version control, debugging techniques), an understanding of the system software stack and the software/hardware interface (e.g., at least one ISA, assembly code), and propensity for the research process (e.g., breaking big problems down, designing experiments, analyzing data).
If you have taken software security, MBSE, and/or software integration courses, you should apply for this position. If you have written a parser, a secure networking stack, or a system-of-systems diagram, you definitely should apply for this position. If you know why why vulnerabilities such as Heartbleed can be classified as parser vulnerabilities, how to develop plugins for Cameo, or why customers may be interested in leveraging open architecture standards, then you need to apply for this position!
Responsibilities
Help the group design innovative parser and data protocol capabilities
Assist in utilizing created and existing tools for DoD use cases
Build new tools and/or capabilities in languages like C/C++, Python, etc.
Contribute to whitepapers and/or publish papers that document innovative work performed
Collaborate with team members on debugging programs, designing systems, reviewing papers, etc.
Participate in relevant internal and customer meetings
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Cybersecurity
A deep technical understanding of cybersecurity problems and solutions
Proficiency in programming languages C/C++ and Python
Experience with version control (Git)
An interest in exploring what makes a secure data format
Interest in networking protocols
Self-driven, strong analytic, inferencing, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills
Willing to travel to support customer/collaborator meetings
Must be eligible to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
Desired Qualifications
MS degree in related technical field or Bachelor's and 2 years experience
Experience with parser design/development
Experience with MBSE tooling
Healthy balance between technical orientation and business acumen
Strong grasp of the research process (e.g., reading & writing academic papers, ideation for inventing solutions to hard problems)
Ability to operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, and establish a solid working relationship with technical staff and peers in the group and across Riverside Research
Superior written and verbal communications skills
Global Comp
$75,000 - $85,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.
Closing Statement
Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran's status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
Riverside Research is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local law.
