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Engineering and Physical Sciences Researcher - Experienced to Expert Level (MD)
National Security Agency/Central Security Service
$132,751–$197,200/yr
📍 Fort Meade, Maryland
The NSA invites you to be part of an elite research team designing the cryptography that protects our nation's most sensitive communications. As an Engineering and Physical Sciences Researcher, you will translate mission needs into cryptographic solutions. You will partner with customers across space, special operations, tactical, and SWaP constrained domains. You will work alongside world-class mathematicians and engineers to design, prototype, and evaluate new symmetric. Do you want to work on the cryptography that protects our nation's most sensitive systems and see it fielded in the real world? We're looking for engineers who can turn cutting-edge cryptographic research into working, deployable capabilities. Within NSA's Research Directorate, the Cryptography for Cybersecurity...
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This position is 1 mile from Fort Meade. The 2026 BAH rate there is $2,901/month for an E-5 with dependents — useful for working out what the salary above is actually worth locally. Nearest VA facility: Pre-Discharge Site at Fort George G. Meade Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Clinic, less than a mile away. 191 other open positions are currently listed within 25 miles. Browse all jobs near Fort Meade.
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