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Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory · 3 months ago

2026 Graduate - Engineer/Researcher - Cyber Warfare Systems

Laurel, MD

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$85K/yr - $155K/yr

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is dedicated to solving critical defense and security challenges. They are seeking a graduate engineer/researcher for their Cyber Warfare Systems Group, where the primary responsibility will be providing technical support for projects related to cyber operations, including designing and developing capabilities and conducting research and analysis.

EducationUniversities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, and fielding capabilities in support of cyber operations missions

Partnering with teams of government and/or contractor staff as they develop & deploy capabilities

Conducting research and analysis that supports capability development

Conducting analysis of novel publicly available data sources, mission vulnerability assessments, and/or cyber mission management

Qualification

CybersecurityPenetration TestingReverse EngineeringData ScienceAI/MLModelingSimulationCyber Threat IntelligenceNetworkingOpen-Source IntelligenceAnalytical SkillsForeign LanguagesCommunication SkillsLeadership

Required

Are graduating with or have recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, or a related field. Other degrees, such as Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Behavioral Psychology, and foreign language may be considered with demonstrated interest, experience, and technical skills applicable to QCR's work

Have classroom or professional experience working closely in skills including, but not limited to: networking, penetration testing, reverse engineering, open-source intelligence, data science, agentic systems, modeling and simulation, cyber threat intelligence, AI/ML, or similar technical fields

Enjoy creating and building (and the follow-through to finish) projects that pose a challenge

Have a passion for applying analytical and technical expertise to develop innovative solutions by prototyping

Can effectively communicate information, concepts or ideas to technical and non-technical audiences

Are able to acquire Interim Top Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately acquire Top Secret with SCI level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship

Preferred

Have demonstrated leadership of small or large teams to achieve excellence. Even if you don't intend to be a leader at first, we find that leaders make great teammates

Have built projects using LLM-based agents to automate complex tasks, and understand the risks and benefits of operationalizing AI in mission-critical applications

Understand Department of Defense operations, or DoD processes like acquisition, sustainment, risk management, or test and evaluation

Have proficiency in defense-critical foreign languages

Benefits

Robust education assistance program

Unparalleled retirement contributions

Healthy work/life balance

Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development

Company

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) that provides solutions to complex national security and scientific challenges with technical expertise and prototyping, research and development, and analysis.

Founded in 1942