MIT Lincoln Laboratory-posted 3 months ago
Intern
Lexington, MA
5,001-10,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The Cyber Physical Systems Group conducts research to understand the cybersecurity implications of cyber-physical phenomena and develops first-of-their-kind prototypes for the Department of Defense, intelligence community, and federal agencies. This group tackles key problems in the convergence of cybersecurity and the physical world in an interdisciplinary research and development environment, focusing on cyber-physical sensing, cyber-physical effects, and red-teaming using advanced techniques.

  • Conduct research and development in Radio Frequency (RF) signal analysis
  • Reverse-engineer hardware and/or software systems and develop proof-of-concept capabilities exploiting their vulnerabilities
  • Prototype new capabilities using various hardware transmitters such as Software Defined Radios (SDR's)
  • Conduct vulnerability analysis on wireless, mobile, or advanced computing systems
  • Apply AI/ML to spectrum analysis and hardware analysis problems
  • Degree candidate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or other related area with interest in cyber security
  • Excellent follow-up and problem-solving skills
  • High-level scripting languages, such as Python
  • Low-level languages, such as C or assembly
  • Computing architecture design, instruction set architectures, and operating system internals
  • Software-defined radios
  • RF spectrum analysis and digital signal processing
  • Machine-learning and artificial intelligence
  • Digital logic and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
  • Binary reverse engineering and exploitation, including tools such as IDA or Ghidra
  • Housing support for eligible non-local interns, including access to discounted university housing in Boston and a one-time taxable relocation payment
  • Complimentary daily shuttle transportation from Boston-based housing to and from the Lab
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