2025 Intern - Systems Security Engineer (Onsite) - Sterling, VA

Date Posted:

2025-03-25

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA541: 22110 Pacific Blvd, Dulles 22110 Pacific Boulevard Building CC3, Sterling, VA, 20166-6913 USA

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

Job Summary

As a member of our elite Systems Security Engineering (SSE) team, we want you to develop solutions to protect the Warfighter’s technology advantage. Systems Security Engineering creates holistic security solutions leveraging Anti-Tamper (AT), Cyber Security, Software Assurance, and Supply Chain Risk Management to support Program Protection Implementation on embedded weapons systems.

This position is an onsite role in Dulles, VA

This position can be a Junior, Senior, or Post Graduate Technical Intern based on the candidate's qualifications and standing as outlined below:

• (Junior Technical Intern) - must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program and classified as a Junior by start of internship and provide proof of graduation prior to first day of employment
• (Senior Technical Intern)- must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program and classified as a Senior by start of internship and provide proof of graduation prior to first day of employment
• (Post-Graduate Technical Intern) - must have an undergraduate degree and be enrolled in a graduate degree program (in degree fields listed in Qualifications You Must Have) by start of internship

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Supporting the development of cybersecurity / anti-tamper requirements, design and architecture artifacts, plans, and policies
• Defining security development and test efforts implementation of security controls of networking devices, databases, operating systems, and hardware and software component
• Understanding and integrating cybersecurity development activities
• Performing analysis on cybersecurity collected data and test results
• Conducting technical and nontechnical trade studies
• Validate secure configuration of routers, switches, firewalls, servers, operating systems, applications, and other assets, using
• DoD approved scanning and assessment tools such as ACAS, STIG, SCAP Compliance Checker, and HBSS
• Apply written and oral communication skills
• Participate in the design and development of systems

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a Junior, Senior, or Post-Graduate standing by Summer 2025
• Applied engineering experience or coursework with exposure in one or more of the following domains: Systems Engineering, Software or Firmware development, Systems Integration and/or Test, ASIC development, Cybersecurity, System Security, Digital Electronics design,or similar work history.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specific majors: Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) from an ABET, Including specific majors: Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical  Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, Math, Engineering Science, Robotics, or related scientific or STEM discipline
• 3.00 cumulative GPA required
• Active Department of Defense clearance
• Past work experience (professional or academic) interacting with multidisciplinary teams of system design professionals including electrical, mechanical, software and logistics engineers
• Experience in design, development and fielding of secure systems for military applications:  “relevant experience” is knowledge of a broad array of program protection concepts, reverse engineering tools and techniques, failure analysis, and cryptography. 
• Detailed understanding of and experience in engineering security solutions for Government customers
• Prior work experience giving technical briefs or presentations after synthesizing or generating t