Group 51--Summer Research Program Intern (Artificial Intelligence)

 

Internet of Things devices, critical infrastructure, traditional IT systems, and sensor and communication systems all have one thing in common: they interface the digital and physical domains. The Cyber-Physical Systems Group conducts research to understand the cybersecurity implications of these physical interfaces and develop prototypes that intersect both domains.

 

The Cyber Physical Systems Group tackles key problems in the convergence of cybersecurity and the physical world in an interdisciplinary research and development environment. We focus on developing new capabilities in the areas of cyber-physical techniques for the DoD, intelligence community, and federal agencies.  Key technology development thrusts include gaining cyber intelligence from novel sensors and signal analysis, testbed development and introspection, and unconventional methods of system exploitation.

 

Job Description:

 

The successful candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team as an artificial intelligence (AI) research intern.  In this role, you will take direction from a mentor with a high degree of independence towards a research goal, assisting in an ongoing project. The successful candidate should be interested in the inter-disciplinary nature of the cyber-physical problem space and be willing to develop new expertise in the pursuit of solving unconventional problems.

 

The AI research intern will leverage open-source code to reproduce and/or develop novel capabilities analyzing and exploiting the emanations of cyber-physical systems using AI as a statistical tool.  You may need to leverage your expertise in the data domains of speech, natural language processing, computer vision, embedded systems, and/or radio frequency system.

Requirements:

 

• At least 2 years completed in a Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related discipline
• Experience developing and testing Pytorch modules on a GPU cluster using Linux
• Experience processing audio, natural language processing, computer vision, embedded systems, and/or radio frequency system data
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to locate/relocate to the greater Boston area 

Desired:

 

Demonstrated capabilities in the following areas, while not required, are highly desired in this area and will be given special consideration:

 

• Low-level embedded system programming such as C
• Spectrum analysis and digital signal processing
• Experience with protocol analysis
• Experience with common and emerging protocols and systems, such as 4- and 5G
• Understanding of cybersecurity technical challenges especially as they relate to sensors, emitters, controllers, and embedded systems
• Proficiency with software defined radios (SDRs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and Linux development environments
• Experience with text-to-speech/audio synthesis
• Proficiency with side-channel attacks and similar techniques

 

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

 

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

 

Requisition ID: 40968