About Precision Federal
Precision Federal is a small business building AI, data and software systems for government agencies. The company’s founder loves God, and the company is built on Christian faith: every number we publish is real, every claim we make is verifiable, and the work is done with excellence as service to God. Faith is welcome here and openly shared.
How this role works
- You join the bench. You apply with your weekly hours and start time. We set your hourly rate from your résumé, and we may name you on proposals that match this role. If we don't win, you owe nothing.
- A contract is awarded. The award funds the team named in the proposal. Your engagement begins at the hourly rate we agreed on.
- You work remote, paid from the contract. ~40–80 hrs per funded award — and if no award ever funds, you owe nothing and lose nothing.
What you’ll do
- Review our cryptographic approach, threat model, and migration assumptions against real practice.
- Tell us where a quantum or PQC claim would not survive review by a working cryptographer.
- Check our claims about performance, key management, and transition cost before an evaluator sees them.
Required qualifications
- Direct experience in cryptography, cryptanalysis, or post-quantum migration.
- Working knowledge of NIST PQC standards (ML-KEM, ML-DSA) or classical crypto engineering.
- Willing to be named in a federal proposal with your consent, each time.
Preferred qualifications
- NSA, NIST, a national laboratory, or a crypto-modernization program office.
- Experience with a real PQC migration on an operational network.
Compensation & structure
1099 consulting engagement. $70–$145 per hour; we set your rate from your résumé and experience. Hours are funded by federal contract awards — roughly 40–80 hours across a 6–12 month period of performance per funded award, fully remote. No award, no hours, no obligation.