Graduate CPS Engineer: Sensor-to-Cloud Focus

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking engineers and developers to build and evaluate cyber-physical systems for national security. You will integrate sensors, edge computing, cloud resources, and autonomous platforms, and contribute to lab and field testing to improve performance.

You will develop tools to analyze cyber-physical systems across embedded software, data repositories, and networks, and apply technologies like AI/ML and distributed computing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as CS, CE, EE, Cybersecurity, Robotics, or Mechatronics.
• Strong programming skills in C, C++, or Python.
• Hands-on software development/evaluation experience.
• Ability to rapidly learn new technologies and solve difficult problems.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and communicate clearly.
• U.S. citizenship with eligibility for Interim Top Secret access and TS/SCI eventual clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build software integrating sensors, edge devices, cloud resources, autonomous platforms, and other real-world systems.
• Participate in lab and field testing to evaluate and improve system performance.
• Develop tools to analyze and exploit cyber-physical systems across software, models, data, and networks.
• Explore AI/ML, agentic AI, autonomous systems, embedded programming, containers, distributed computing.
• Communicate results via documentation, demonstrations, code reviews, and sponsor presentations.

Skills

C/C++/Python programming

Team collaboration

Rapid learning

Independent problem solving

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/Cybersecurity/Robotics/Mechatronics

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Linux

Containers

Cloud computing

Edge computing

Embedded software

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is seeking engineers and developers to build and evaluate cyber-physical systems for national security. You will integrate sensors, edge computing, cloud resources, and autonomous platforms, and contribute to lab and field testing to improve performance.

You will develop tools to analyze cyber-physical systems across embedded software, data repositories, and networks, and apply technologies like AI/ML and distributed computing.