John Deere Cyber Tractor Challenge
Organized through a partnership between John Deere’s Global Information Security & Embedded Engineering organizations
WHAT: John Deere is hosting a week-long invitational event for students to take cybersecurity classes and perform assessments on our autonomous embedded technologies.*
WHEN: July 11th – 15th, 2022
WHERE: Des Moines, Iowa
WHY APPLY?:
- Grow your skillsets in a highly competitive field
- Build your resume for future career opportunities
- Get hands-on experience with real embedded technology
- Learn about John Deere’s student employment programs
- All expenses paid: Free Travel, Free Stay, Free Food!
What you Need:
- Must be enrolled as a full-time student pursuing a 2yr, 4yr, or advanced degree at an accredited college or university.
- Experience with cybersecurity or Embedded Engineering technologies
- Background in networking, cloud, IoT, CANBUS, *nix or general security concepts.
- Exposure to one or more programming languages: Python, C/C++, Bash.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies.
- Strong Analytical, communication and intrapersonal skills.
What Makes You Stand-Out:
- Pursuing a bachelor’s degree (equivalent or higher) in Software/Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Computer Science.
- Have exposure to networking, cloud, IoT, CANBUS and *nix.
- Participation in Cybersecurity Competitions, such as CTF.
- Exposure to cloud concepts: AWS, Azure, etc.
- Knowledge of security principles: ethical hacking, vulnerabilities, secure design.