Junior Cybersecurity Scientist

Riverside Research Institute•Lexington, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Junior Cybersecurity Scientist will support offensive security and threat emulation efforts by reverse-engineering hardware and software systems, identifying vulnerabilities, and developing proof-of-concept exploits. The role involves applying realistic penetration testing techniques across diverse attack surfaces, analyzing and modeling adversary threats, and building tools to enable reverse engineering and automated vulnerability discovery. Interns will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to debug complex systems, document findings, and communicate technical insights that strengthen overall security posture.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in a relevant field and two years of experience.
Competent use of a Linux Environment
High-level scripting languages, such as Python
Low-level languages, such as Rust, C, or Assembly
GDB or another debugger
Foundational knowledge of exploit development
Buffer overflows, use-after-free, ROP, etc.
Computing architecture design, instruction set architectures, and operating system internals
Memory management(virtual memory, heap/stack)
Kernel Programming / System Calls

Nice To Haves

Experience with binary reverse engineering tools
Binwalk
Ghidra, IDA Pro, Radare2 etc.
Embedded systems development & debugging
JTAG/UART debugging

Responsibilities

Reverse-engineer hardware and/or software systems and develop proof-of-concept capabilities exploiting their vulnerabilities
Apply realistic penetration testing techniques toward a variety of targets
Analyze and model threats based on various attack surfaces
Build tools and capabilities to facilitate reverse engineering or automated vulnerability discovery.
Collaborate in a team environment to reverse engineer, debug, analyze and report findings.