NRL COMSEC Systems Section - Job Description:  Full Time
Engineer

Section Technology Area:  Cryptographic
Technologies

Educational Level & Needed Skills Sets:

(Required)

•  Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering
  or Electrical Engineer.  GPA of at least 3.0
  in core classes is highly desirable.
•  Embedded software design/development experience for
  microprocessor controlled digital designs

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Experience with
device driver development

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Experience with
BIOS / boot loader development

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Experience with initial
board bring up

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Experience with
hardware / software integration

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Experience with
interrupt dispatchers

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Experience with
embedded software development tools and hardware/software integration test
tools (e.g., JTAG probes, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, in-circuit emulators)

• Familiarity with Freescale PowerQUICC and QorIQ processors
• Ability to program in C and (Power PC) assembly, at a
  minimum
• Knowledge of real time operating systems (RTOS),
  parallel processing, virtual memory management
• Ability to read schematics
• Knowledge / experience with TCP/IP, protocol stacks,
  RS-232, HDLC, USB, etc.
• Advanced analytical skills
• Knowledge of software development methodologies and
  software engineering processes

 (Preferred, but
not required)

1.       Knowledge of FIPS standards on cryptographic
algorithms

2.       Knowledge of CMMI Level 3 software engineering
practices

3.       Knowledge of security kernels

4.       Experience writing software requirements / design /
testing documentation

5.       Knowledge of cryptography (e.g., encryption and
digital signature algorithms), public key cryptographic techniques, elliptic curve
cryptography, operating systems, computer architectures

6.       Knowledge of C++ and object oriented
development

 (Minimum) U.S. Citizenship or Permanent resident.  Ability to acquire/hold a DoD SECRET
clearance.