Sr. Vulnerability Researcher (US)
Core
Conduct original vulnerability research and weaponized exploit development across operating systems, platforms, and devices to prevent exploitation.
Role type
Senior IC vulnerability researcher (exploit development)
Builds
Weaponized exploits, network rules, and detection artifacts for active cyber defense
Domain
Cybersecurity, embedded systems, network protocols
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
vulnerability research, reverse engineering, exploit development, firmware analysis, embedded architecture knowledge, dynamic analysis, memory corruption exploitation, C/C++, scripting
Preferred skills
prior cybersecurity vendor/government experience, published CVEs/advisories, open-source research code
Technologies
Ghidra, QEMU, binwalk, Suricata, Snort, Docker, Python
Responsibilities
Identify net-new vulnerabilities across OS, platforms, and devices; reverse engineer firmware and software; author original exploits and network rules; apply agentic approaches to scale discovery and exploit creation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC