Job Description
Cybersecurity Research Intern
Location
US-OH-Beavercreek
ID
2025-4031
Category
Internships / Co-Ops
Position Type
Full Time Hourly
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
Riverside Research's Secure and Resilient Systems group is seeking a dynamic full-time summer intern in Beavercreek Ohio. As a key member of our Secure and Resilient Systems team, the intern will contribute to our Internal Research and Development (IR&D) program exploring new applications and paths to transition our technologies to the warfighter. The intern will interface with team members across Riverside Research locations.
The intern will work with experts in the field of language-theoretic secure parsers to explore the world of formal-methods enabled parsing. This will include learning about internal tools, techniques, and best practices for development and deployment of these systems alongside exploration of where we can take them next. The intern will play a vital role in internal research on our security engineering team and get to interact and contribute to our fast-paced research environment. They will gain exposure to many domains of DoD research including input handling security, protocol design, effective demonstrations, and resilient system design.
Responsibilities
Explore, develop, test, and deploy formal-language-enabled secure parsers on warfighter systems
Explore new paths, ideas, and opportunities to demonstrate Riverside's secure parsing capabilities
Build tools and/or capabilities in languages like C/C++, Python, etc.
Explore the tenets of language theoretic security, and the tools associated with it
Assist in creating innovative security solutions to security engineering challenges
Collaborate with team members on debugging programs, designing systems, reviewing papers, etc.
Participate in relevant internal meetings
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Pursuing a degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, cybersecurity, or related field of study
Some familiarity with programming languages
Self-driven with strong analytic, inferencing, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills
Must be a US citizen
Desired Qualifications
Some experience in C/C++ and/or Python
Some experience with Linux development environments
Desire to be exposed to the following domains: cyber security, security software engineering, open architecture security, and/or general software engineering
Desire to learn technical skills alongside how the business operates
Ability to establish a solid working relationship with technical staff and peers in the group and across Riverside Research
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Global Comp
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.
