Embedded Software Analysis Engineer (Mid/Senior) - 29115

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.•Roanoke, VA

32d•Onsite

About The Position

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems. HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners. Our team in Roanoke, VA specializes in reverse engineering and microelectronics trust and assurance. Candidates for this position will lead a team performing reverse engineering tasks on existing products. Candidates will be expected to reverse engineer microelectronic and application software using both static and dynamic reverse engineering processes. Additional tasks involve firmware extraction, plugin development, and adding support to simulation platforms for unsupported processors. Candidates will be exposed to and become proficient with a variety of technologies involving microprocessor architectures, software reverse engineering frameworks, reverse engineering toolsets, and more. The ideal candidate will have experience with static software reverse engineering tools including Ghidra, Binaryninja, and IDA Pro. The candidate will have experience utilizing simulation platforms such as QEMU, GDB, Renode and LLVM. The candidate will also be experienced with implementing exploits based on vulnerabilities reported as CVEs. Experience in working with digital logic designs and FPGA systems is also valued in this position. Position requires full-time and onsite presence in Roanoke, VA. Due to the nature of work, Federal security clearance and contract requirements, this role requires U.S. citizenship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. This posting is to collect applications for current and future openings for HII Mission Technologies. Candidates will be screened as opportunities come available and selected candidates will be contacted about an opportunity.

Requirements

Must be a United States citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD security clearance
Experience with software reverse engineering tools (Ghidra, Binary Ninja, IDA Pro, etc)
Experience with software debuggers and simulators (GDB, OllyDbg, Renode, etc)
Ability to learn new skills quickly
2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; or 0 years experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience (Software Engineer II)
5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; or 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience (Software Engineer III)
9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; or 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience (Software Engineer IV)
15 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; or 13 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or 10 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience (Software Engineer V)

Nice To Haves

Already possess an active security clearance
Experience with modern C++ standards (>= C++17) and STL
Experience with Python
Demonstrate the use of design patterns
Developed using software development processes (Agile, TDD, etc.)
Familiarity with Verilog or VHDL
Experience with FPGA design software (Quartus, ISE, Vivado, etc.)
Experience with software reverse engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra, etc.)
Proficient with source control systems (git, svn, perforce, etc.)
Experience with the code review process
Experience with binary patching
Experience bypassing encryption schemes (power glitching, side channel attacks, etc.)
Published research regarding cybersecurity, software exploitation, or reverse engineering

Responsibilities

Leading reverse engineering efforts into systems of interest
Mentoring junior engineers in the reverse engineering and development processes
Communicating clearly and effectively
Demonstrating the ability to understand complex systems with minimal or no documentation
Collaborating with teammates on dividing complex systems into manageable subsystems and timely sharing of knowledge
Producing reports of system capabilities, anomalies, and vulnerabilities at various fidelity levels for various customers
Developing tools or exploit chains based on university papers with limited documentation