Senior Embedded Vulnerability Researcher
Core
Develop tailored offensive cyber security solutions, specifically embedded vulnerability research and exploit development for DoD and IC directives.
Role type
Senior IC embedded vulnerability researcher
Builds
Exploitation tools and systems for embedded devices
Domain
National security / embedded systems / reverse engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Reverse engineering firmware and embedded systems, binary file and filesystem structure analysis, hardware modification and soldering, JTAG/SWD/BDM debugging, embedded device exploitation, network stack internals, OS internals (user/kernel/boot), C/C++/Python programming
Preferred skills
Side channel attacks (glitching), custom filesystem extraction and modification, bus and protocol analysis
Technologies
Ghidra, IDA, GDB, RR, GNU/Linux, Windows, x86, ARM, Hexagon, PowerPC
Responsibilities
Assess hardware and software for security vulnerabilities, develop software meeting security requirements, create tools to detect and exploit vulnerabilities, document application functionality, define analysis approaches and execute assignments, contribute to technical reports and presentations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC