Cybersecurity Engineer Jobs in Massachusetts

Position Overview

Responsibilities

• Apply electrical engineering principles to support the development, testing, and integration of FPGA- and networking-focused hardware.
• Participate in requirements analysis, definition, management, functional analysis, performance analysis, design, integration, and verification activities.
• Support FPGA development activities, including HDL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, verification, and laboratory bring-up.
• Assist with schematic analysis, component selection, PCB design and layout reviews, and hardware troubleshooting.
• Contribute to network hardware and physical-layer design activities, including Ethernet interfaces and high-speed digital connectivity.
• Apply knowledge of networking protocols—including Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, ARP, switching, routing, and multicast—as applicable to program requirements.
• Support implementation of network segmentation and data-isolation approaches, including VLANs, subnetting, interface separation, and access-control boundaries.
• Apply foundational hardware cybersecurity principles, including encryption, secure boot, trusted platform architectures, root of trust, and secure key handling.
• Conduct root-cause investigations, experimental testing, and corrective-action development for hardware issues under the guidance of experienced engineers.
• Participate in technical reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement of electrical engineering processes, tools, and work products.
• Develop and communicate technical findings, issues, impacts, and corrective actions to the engineering team.
• Collaborate with systems, software, cyber, test, manufacturing, project leadership, suppliers, and external customers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related Science, Engineering, or Mathematics field plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree plus a minimum of 6 months of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of electrical engineering concepts, principles, processes, and design tools.
• Experience or demonstrated coursework in one or more of the following areas:
  • FPGA or HDL development
  • Digital hardware design
  • PCB design
  • Networking hardware
  • Telecommunications
  • Hardware cybersecurity
• Ability to communicate technical issues, impacts, and corrective actions clearly in written and verbal formats.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks, exercise sound engineering judgment, and address increasingly complex technical problems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, or related FPGA development tools.
• Experience with commercial networking hardware, telecommunications, semiconductor products, or defense systems.
• Familiarity with high-speed serial interfaces, Ethernet PHY/MAC architectures, or network-stack implementation.
• Familiarity with VLANs and other approaches to network traffic separation and data isolation.
• Familiarity with hardware security technologies, including encryption algorithms, secure boot, and trusted platform concepts.
• Interest in identifying opportunities to apply AI and emerging technologies to engineering productivity, continuous improvement, and innovation.

Our Commitment to You

• Flexible schedules, including an every-other-Friday-off option through a 9/80 schedule
• Competitive benefits, including 401(k) matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, and healthcare benefits
• Health and wellness programs, employee resource groups, and social groups
• Opportunities to develop technical expertise in advanced electrical hardware, FPGA design, networking, and cyber-resilient systems