# Research Scientist – Cryptography

Riverside Overview Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems. All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.Position Overview Within Riverside Research, the Open Innovation Center (OIC) conducts internally funded and contract-funded R&D to develop technologies with lasting practical impact. The Secure and Resilient Systems (SRS) group within OIC focuses on rigorous approaches to building trustworthy computing systems. SRS seeks a Research Scientist - Cryptography to design, develop, prototype and evaluate cryptographic solutions (primitives, protocols, systems, etc.). The researcher will contribute to a range of collaborative R&D projects, working with colleagues across formal methods, cryptography, programming languages, and systems software. We are looking for a cryptographer interested in applying their skillset to a wide-range of problems including, but not limited to, multiparty computation (MPC), cryptographic device design an

- **Id**: 1160790
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/riverside-research-research-scientist-cryptography>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Lexington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-23T23:45:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T15:13:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 46
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Science & Engineering

## Company

- **Id**: 2113336
- **Name**: Riverside Research
- **Domain**: riversideresearch.org
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/riversideresearch>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Rust** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-23T23:45:34Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 25
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.721
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:0, urgency, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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