2026 PhD Graduate – Wireless Communications Engineer – Wireless Cyber Capabilities
Johns Hopkins APL · Laurel, MD · Electrical/Computer Engineering
About this role
Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a junior-level Embedded Software Engineer in the software engineering function based in Laurel, MD. The posting calls out experience with Python, C, TensorFlow, PyTorch. Listed education preference: a Ph.D. or equivalent.
- Role
- Embedded Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- junior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Laurel, MD
- Education
- Ph.D. preferred
- Department
- Electrical/Computer Engineering
- Posted
- Sep 12, 2025
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Job description
from Johns Hopkins APL careersDo you want to become an expert in wireless communications?
Are you passionate about learning about the latest wireless technologies?
If you are graduating with a PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering and want to work in wireless communications, we'd love to have you join our team!
We are seeking to develop engineers to help us give our nation a significant advantage by controlling the wireless communications environment. Our Wireless Cyber Capabilities team focuses on providing the U.S. military and intelligence communities with operational advantages by leveraging software-defined radios, commercial cellular equipment, and machine learning to develop advanced capabilities for research and operational prototypes. To learn more about our work, click here.
Our engineers apply cutting-edge research to some of the government’s most critical challenges in the follow research areas:
Wireless Cybersecurity
- We leverage our deep knowledge of wireless protocols to develop new and innovative approaches to secure our nation’s communications against on-network and off-network attacks.
Radio Frequency Machine Learning (RFML)
- We apply our expertise in deep learning to devise novel solutions to complex RF and wireless communications problems that are intractable using conventional approaches.
Resilient Tactical Communications
- We draw on our mastery of wireless networking and waveform design to fortify existing systems and design new systems that will enable robust, adaptable tactical communications.