Formal Methods Research Intern: Secure Systems Verification

Riverside Research; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Research in Lexington, MA (or Beavercreek, OH) seeks a Formal Methods Research Intern to support specification and verification of systems-level software. You will work with a team of computer scientists and cybersecurity professionals on cutting-edge formal methods projects this summer, building skills in secure systems development and proof tooling.

The role emphasizes learning ROCq/Lean proofs, Rust/OCaml tooling, and communicating design decisions to management, with a path toward

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Computer Science, Computer Security, Formal Methods, Automated Reasoning, or related major.
• Ability to work collaboratively on speculative research projects.
• Experience with functional and imperative programming.
• Exposure to programming language concepts, definitions, and implementations (type systems, operational semantics, interpreters, compilers, etc.).
• Exposure to Linux or Unix-like systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to obtain a clearance in the future if needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical fluency in formal methods for cyber and system security.
• Build specifications/proofs in proof assistants like Rocq and Lean.
• Build tools/capabilities in programming languages like Rust and OCaml.
• Document and communicate design decisions, technical challenges, and progress to technical management.
• Collaborate with team members on all aspects of formal methods research, identifying machine-checkable properties of interest, developing and applying tools to check such properties, verifying such tools, reviewing papers/proposals, etc.

Skills

Collaborative research

Functional programming

Imperative programming

Programming language concepts

Linux/Unix experience

Written and verbal communication

Education

Undergraduate or graduate CS/related

Tools

Rocq

Lean

Rust

Job description

Riverside Research in Lexington, MA (or Beavercreek, OH) seeks a Formal Methods Research Intern to support specification and verification of systems-level software. You will work with a team of computer scientists and cybersecurity professionals on cutting-edge formal methods projects this summer, building skills in secure systems development and proof tooling.

The role emphasizes learning ROCq/Lean proofs, Rust/OCaml tooling, and communicating design decisions to management, with a path toward