Fairfax, Virginia, US (On-site)1 open job
Independent national security nonprofit (since 1967) advancing research in secure and resilient systems, ISR, trusted systems, and software engineering, and transitioning it into fielded U.S. government use.
Riverside Research has been building for the U.S. government since 1967, and the work sits squarely in national security: secure and resilient systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, trusted systems, and the software engineering underneath them. The threat model is nation-state scale and the deliverable is deployment - the organization describes its core function as moving innovations from the laboratory into the field alongside mission partners.
The technical surface is broad but concrete. Machine learning, radar systems, THz imaging, Type 1 virtualization, and software engineering all show up in the same portfolio, which means security work is embedded in multidisciplinary teams rather than isolated in a red-team silo. Secure and resilient systems development is an explicit product line, not a compliance afterthought; so is pushing the boundaries of Type 1 virtualization and software engineering. Open innovation is the operating model - collaboration across disciplines and directly with the agencies holding the mission.
The structural detail worth weighing: Riverside Research is an independent national security nonprofit, founded in 1967 and operating across the United States. There are no shareholders and no profit-margin pressure to shape the research agenda; the organization states that reinvestment in research and employees comes first, and that research freedom to follow where it leads is a working principle rather than a slogan. Stated core values are integrity, respect, collaboration, and excellence, with a mission oriented toward the public interest.
