Riverside Research
National Security · Research Institutes
33open roles
$180kmedian advertised pay
200+people
11cities with offices
Overview
Riverside Research is an independent not-for-profit national security research organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that performs research, prototyping and technical advisory work for US defense and intelligence agencies. Founded in 1967, it works across machine learning, trusted and secure systems, optics and photonics, electromagnetics, plasma physics, radar and radio frequency systems and biomedical engineering, with sites in Dayton and Beavercreek, Ohio, Lexington, Massachusetts, Fairfax, Virginia and Champaign, Illinois. It hires cyber security scientists, cryptography and formal methods researchers, remote sensing and RF engineers, software engineers and program managers.
Jobs
In office · TS/SCI · Internship · Bachelor's Degree · Fairborn
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$75k – $95k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Bachelor's Degree · Beavercreek
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VHDL
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$95k – $140k per year · In office · TS/SCI · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Beavercreek
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Verilog
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VHDL
CMake
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Computer Vision
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In office · Nationals only · Internship · 1+ year exp · Champaign
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Fortran
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$130k – $155k per year · In office · TS/SCI · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dayton
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$160k – $180k per year · In office · TS/SCI · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Reston
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$140k – $150k per year · In office · TS/SCI · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Greenville
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≈ $117k – $215k per year (Estimated) · In office · Top Secret · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Dayton
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≈ $51k – $83k per year (Estimated) · In office · Nationals only · Internship · Lexington
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$130k – $200k per year · In office · TS/SCI · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Fairfax
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MPI
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≈ $129k – $240k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Fairfax
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$95k – $260k
Open positions
26
26
Jobs
Junior
7.7%
Middle
11.5%
Senior
42.3%
Staff
26.9%
Principal
11.5%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $103k | $95k – $110k |
| Middle | 3 | $175k | $140k – $180k |
| Senior | 11 | $200k | $130k – $243k |
| Staff | 7 | $155k | $135k – $200k |
| Principal | 3 | $185k | $180k – $260k |
Highest paying role
Principal Cyber Security Scientist
$260k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Riverside Research
By role, level and city, against the market · 26 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
37/100
Slowing
Open positions
39
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
13 days
faster than 71% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Management
18% ▲
Industrial Engineering
14% ▼
Security
13% ▼
Product
10%
Science & Research
10% ▼
Backend
9% ▲
Actively hiring for Backend (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+9 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added RAG to stack
Oct 2026
Added Sensor Fusion to stack
Oct 2026
+33 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Riverside Research over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
102
Postings analysed
66
Stack modernity
73/100AI adopter
Languages
Python71%
C++27%
MATLAB14%
Rust14%
Frameworks & libraries
GDAL9%
MPI5%
OpenCV5%
PyTorch5%
Databases
Cassandra2%
ElasticSearch2%
HBase2%
MS SQL2%
Cloud & platforms
Linux21%
Kubernetes17%
GitLab14%
Istio12%
AI & ML
LLM3%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
11
Hiring now
9
Countries
1
Busiest office
Fairfax
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Arlington
United States
HQ
2900 Crystal Dr 8th Floor, Arlington, VA, 22202
Fairfax
United States
Engineering / R&D
Address
11 open roles 13 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 50-200 est. staff $214k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Data Science, Science & Research
12601 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22033
Dayton
United States
Regional office
9 open roles 23 posted in 90 days 22% engineering 50-200 est. staff $159k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Management, Hardware
Wright-Patterson AFB 645 AESG/WIJP
Beavercreek
United States
Engineering / R&D
Address
9 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 78% engineering 50-200 est. staff $174k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Security, Science & Research
2640 Hibiscus Way, Beavercreek, OH 45431
Lexington
United States
Regional office
Address
5 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 10-50 est. staff $195k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Security, Management
70 Westview Street, Lexington, MA 02421
Greenville
United States
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Management
10001 Jack Finney Blvd
Champaign
United States
Regional office
Address
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
2021 S. 1st Street, Suite 204, Champaign, IL 61820
Fairborn
United States
Regional office
Address
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
2310 National Road, 2nd Floor, Fairborn, OH 45324
Charlottesville
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Reston
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Management
12310 Sunrise Valley Dr
New York
United States
Regional office
Address
100 William St., Ste. 1701, New York, NY 10038
Earlier presence
Riverside, United States