Senior​/Principal Cybersecurity Engineer - Embedded Systems, Onsite

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We are seeking hardworking, self‑directed, results focused individuals who have strong interpersonal skills to support lab‑wide efforts focusing on the cybersecurity of embedded hardware systems, such as flight vehicles, rocket systems, automotive semi‑trailer trucks, cellular mobile devices, and weapon systems. This cybersecurity R&D staff member will perform research, capability development, and analyses using empirical, analytical, and computational techniques to secure, design, and analyze embedded systems.

The responsibilities associated with this position span the spectrum of activities from research & development to assessment & secure design engineering.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Work with other researchers across the Labs over the capability development cycle to discover, model, validate, and apply new or existing cybersecurity capabilities to embedded systems to deal with constantly evolving technical needs and requirements.
• You will be involved in supporting Sandia's numerous test programs, working to analyze proposed systems to support design, and analyze test data to validate models in support of these programs. It is expected that this experience will feed back into the capability development cycle.

Join our dynamic team and make a difference. The selected candidate will help cultivate relationships, grow existing programs, and develop new programs with both new and existing customers across US government agencies, including the Department of War (DoW) and programs inside and outside the National Security Program (NSP). They will also be responsible for collaborating closely with peers and management across the Labs.

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

$114,000 - $227,500

* 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 and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, 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 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.
• 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…