Employment Opportunities

This pooled position may be based in Blacksburg or Arlington, Virginia and is part of the Hume Center’s Spectrum Dominance Division (SDD). The position is focused on individuals with expertise in any of three key technology areas to support a growing portfolio of programs: (1) Digital communications, signal processing, software-defined radio, and machine learning techniques applied to temporal data, such as RF I/Q streams, audio, or video. (2) Quantum information science and engineering, with emphasis on quantum algorithm development using current and/or near-term quantum computers (3) Computational electromagnetics, with emphasis on electromagnetic materials, interactions between EM behaviors/propagation, and manufacturing / testing of EM materials Responsibilities include: (1) support the execution of university sponsored programs by conducting research and development; (2) author technical documents and publish peer-reviewed academic papers; (3) support the development of new funded research programs by participating in proposal teams and supporting the business development activities of the Hume Center; and (4) provide mentorship to students and junior researchers working on programs.

The Virginia Tech National Security Institute is seeking applicants for a Fiscal Technician. The successful candidate will be responsible for purchasing, payroll, fund reconciliation, assisting with budget allocations and forecasting and monitoring of Center-related finance and operational activities. Day-to-day activities include monthly fund reconciling, preparing and executing travel and expense reimbursement requests, executing purchases by entering and receiving in Hokiemart, monitoring and updating faculty and student labor distributions among research projects, executing human resources transactions such as student assistantship contracts and Banner entry, wage payroll setup and timesheet entry, updating and maintaining program information in VTNSI databases and providing overall fiscal support to the leadership team. Assist in coordinated efforts for facilities resilience and operation. Receive packages and distribute mail to appropriate individuals.

Virginia Tech invites applicants for multiple tenured or tenure-track faculty positions at any rank (assistant professor, associate professor and professor) in Quantum Systems. These positions will be anchored at the Virginia Tech National Security Institute in either Arlington or Blacksburg. The successful candidates will have expertise in technologies associated with quantum sensors and devices for future real-world solutions in application areas such as positioning, navigation and timing, magnetometry, electrometry, mass spectrometry, chemical sensing, optomechanics, and gravitometry. Responsibilities will include: establishing a vigorous and well-funded research program; continuing development of scholarly activities and professional capabilities; and active participation in institute, department, college, and university governance.

The Virginia Tech National Security Institute is seeking a highly qualified professional to consult and assist research faculty with complex, research computing problems. The Research Computing Engineer is responsible for supporting the planning, implementation, availability, performance, security, maintenance, and repair of high-performance research computing infrastructure. This includes high performance computing systems, enterprise storage systems, high speed interconnect technologies and networking. This position will also provide tier II and III backup administrative IT (Information Technology) support for the Institute as needed.

The Mission Systems Division is seeking a Divisions Operations Coordinator in Blacksburg, Virginia. Responsibilities will include supporting division leadership, faculty, and program managers in the execution of sponsored research programs and division strategic initiatives. The Division Operations Coordinator will also support strategic planning, growth initiatives, day-to-day operations, and provide administrative support to their assigned research division. The Division Operations Coordinator serves as the lead for managing, coordinating, and implementing division wide initiatives related to strategy, marketing, coverage of faculty on sponsored programs, hiring, student engagement, and overall division operations.

The Virginia Tech National Security Institute is seeking applicants for an IT Support Technician in Blacksburg, Virginia to provide operations support to the quickly growing Institute. The successful candidate will be a detail oriented individual, have strong problem-solving skills, and be able to execute a diverse set of tasks with limited direction. Additionally, this person will have strong interpersonal skills to communicate with other personnel in the Institute. 

This is a research faculty position that may be based in Blacksburg or Arlington, Virginia and is part of NSI’s Intelligent Systems Division (ISD). ISD brings together researchers from computer science, statistics, machine learning, systems engineering and other fields to develop interdisciplinary solutions to cutting-edge technological challenges. Successful candidates for this position will have relevant experience in one or more of the following areas: cybersecurity; cyber operations; hardware/software reverse engineering; provably secure computing; and/or security for embedded/industrial/control systems and networks are sought. Successful applicants will have a mixture of theoretical foundations in areas such as the theory of computing, formal methods, or cryptography; paired with hands-on experience working with real-world security issues. Specific responsibilities include the following: (1) Support research conducted in ISD in projects focused on cybersecurity, cyber operations, and the intersection of those two areas with other ISD research interests - including but not limited to data science, machine learning, and systems engineering (2) Author technical documents and publish peer-reviewed academic papers (3) Support the development of new funded research programs by participating in proposal teams and supporting the business development activities of VT NSI (4) Mentor students engaged in experiential learning programs (5) Advices graduates students pursuing advanced degrees (6) Occasionally teach courses