Research Engineer

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

. Assists with engineering and/or software design, implementation, analysis, maintenance, and experimentation as directed by the Principal Investigator.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeNashville • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityJavaPythonSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assists with engineering and/or software design, implementation, analysis, maintenance, and experimentation as directed by the Principal Investigator.
Regularly collaborates with a team including but not limited to Research Engineers, Research Scientists, and System Architects to accomplish project-specific goals.
Executes modeling and analysis of discipline-specific engineering problems.
Assist with cloud development, deployment and integration of developed AI applications.
Constructs the development and maintenance of discipline-specific software systems and/or engineering tools to support project and research goals.
Delivers technical documentation for work products of the project.
Research and maintain familiarity with and expertise in emerging technologies and techniques related to project and research goals.
Communicate regularly, effectively, and professionally with Principal Investigator, System Architect, and research team.
Ensures adherence to existing technical standards and recommend or develop new standards, as applicable.
Provide data to assist in evaluation of project research direction and progress, providing input on solutions as necessary.
Deliver technical progress reports/presentations in written and/or oral form to project research staff and faculty.
Share research knowledge, product, and processes with Principal Investigator, System Architect, and research team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor’s degree is necessary, preferably in computer science or engineering.
Certification or 5+ years of experience in the area of cyber security AND cyber vulnerability management is required.
Knowledge of medical devices and hospital information technology and cybersecurity is preferred.
Experience with vulnerability assessment and mitigation using information security tools and dashboards for data visualization and incident alert reporting is necessary.
Experience with Penetration testing and state-of-the-art security tools such as Metasploit, Splunk is preferred.
Competency in computer networking, networking equipment, and network protocols.
Experience with designing and setting up custom cloud computing infrastructure is necessary.
Experience with machine learning technologies is preferred.
Established skills in software system development, modeling, and/or systems engineering is necessary.
Ability to design, implement, test, document, and maintain software is necessary.
Ability to quickly learn ISIS tools and technologies and becomes a productive project contributor is necessary.
Practical knowledge of software development tools, programming languages (e.g., C/C++, Java, Python, Matlab, C#, among others), databases, and web technologies, as needed by project, is necessary.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional development opportunities
401(k) matching

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Hard Skills & Tools

software designcloud developmentAI applicationsvulnerability assessmentpenetration testingnetworkingmachine learningsoftware system developmentprogramming languagesdata visualization

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationtechnical documentationproblem-solvingresearch knowledge sharing

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreecyber security certification