Jess Smith | Lead Research Engineer at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Biography of Jess Smith

Lead Research Engineer at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Jess Smith is a Lead Research Engineer at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories with a PhD in Computer Science and a MS in Computer Engineering. She has experience working for both the government and industry in the cyber security realm. In industry, Dr. Smith has focused on both methods for securely integrating control systems with the modern internet as well as leading efforts to better educate electric power control organizations on the security of their control systems. Her work at SEL focuses on designing secure control system devices and exploring new threat vectors.  Dr. Smith’s research areas include control system, hardware, and supply chain security.