Summer 2027 Cyber Intern - Onsite

RTX•Cambridge, MA

2d•$37,000 - $82,000•Onsite

About The Position

RTX BBN Technologies (BBN) has a long history of solving challenging problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. The Non-Kinetic Capabilities and Technologies team at BBN utilizes computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, and physics to address customer challenges in electromagnetic warfare (EW), communications, cybersecurity, cyberspace operations, networking, and RF domains for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. This internship offers the chance to develop next-generation cyber capabilities, create or investigate new types of cyber-physical systems, and develop exploits, implants, payloads, and communication stacks based on extensive reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and software development. Interns will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to solve complex problems and deliver actionable results, operationalizing software through testing, documentation, and integration. Interns will also gain insights into how a collaborative environment fosters state-of-the-art research, how a skilled group of research scientists can mentor and refine vision and strategy, and how business development, program management, contracting, finance, and HR functions contribute to mission success. They will learn how RTX resources can help transition capabilities and drive them toward fielding, and how to work with an experienced leadership team in government R&D.

Requirements

Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or physics and actively enrolled through the completion of the internship/co-op session.
Experience in creative programming skills using one or more of: C/C++, Python or assembly language (x86/64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, etc.)
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

Capture the Flag (CTF) experience
OS kernel development experience (e.g., Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android)
Reverse engineering skills using a tool such as IDA/Ghidra/BinaryNinja
Network programming skills
Active Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Develop next-generation cyber capabilities
Create or investigate new types of cyber physical systems
Develop exploits, implants, payloads, and communication stacks based on extensive reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and software development
Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to solve challenging problems and deliver actionable results
Operationalize software through extensive testing, documentation, and integration with other systems