Electrical Engineer

Nightwing•Dulles, VA

31d•Onsite

About The Position

Nightwing is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support a critical customer mission involving onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks. This senior position requires deep expertise in electrical engineering principles applied to forensic investigations of network-edge devices and embedded systems containing deeply embedded malware where standard forensic methods cannot obtain usable device images. The Electrical Engineer will lead the establishment and operation of Client’s Chip-Off Forensics Lab, providing expert technical guidance on hardware forensics, chip extraction, and low-level device analysis. This position serves as the technical lead for lab establishment and will be the primary point of contact for laboratory infrastructure, equipment procurement, and technical capability development. The ideal candidate will have strong project leadership abilities combined with deep hands-on technical expertise.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship
Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
10+ years of experience in electrical engineering or hardware design
Expert knowledge of PCB design, circuit analysis, and digital electronics
Strong experience with chip extraction and hardware forensics techniques
Proficiency with electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters)
Understanding of embedded systems architecture and memory technologies
Experience with microcontrollers, SoCs, and embedded processor platforms
Knowledge of data recovery from damaged or protected storage devices
Strong soldering and desoldering components to access memory chips and other critical hardware for data extraction
Experience with reverse engineering proprietary hardware systems
Excellent documentation and technical writing abilities

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal cybersecurity or forensics programs
Background in digital forensics or incident response
Knowledge of firmware analysis and reverse engineering
Experience with network-edge device security and vulnerabilities
Familiarity with JTAG, SPI, I2C, and other hardware debugging interfaces
Understanding of IoT and OT device architectures
Experience training technical personnel on forensics methodologies
Knowledge of malware embedded in hardware or firmware
Familiarity with EDR limitations in embedded device environments
Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent advanced certification preferred
PMP
DoD 8140.01 IAT Level III

Responsibilities

Lead technical design and setup of Chip-Off Forensics Lab infrastructure at government facility
Provide expert guidance on chip extraction, PCB analysis, and hardware-level forensics
Develop and document chip-off forensics workflows and standard operating procedures
Conduct forensic analysis of compromised network-edge devices and embedded systems
Perform circuit board reverse engineering and component identification
Extract and analyze data from flash memory, EEPROM, and other storage components
Design and implement safe chip removal and data recovery procedures
Specify and procure laboratory equipment and forensic tools
Collaborate with Nightwing SMEs on hardware and skillset requirements
Train CSD analysts on chip-off forensics techniques and procedures
Conduct lab demonstrations showcasing chip-off capabilities
Analyze proprietary hardware systems targeted by threat actors
Support forensic investigations where EDR solutions are absent or insufficient
Document technical findings and forensic methodologies
Provide reach-back support and technical consultation to analysts