Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Our elite team of reverse engineers is growing and we need more hardware experts who love to understand the inner workings of embedded systems! We strive to foster an innovative and collaborative team environment where engineers can hack the latest technologies to find and exploit vulnerabilities to solve the hardest national security challenges and have real-world impact. Our team specializes in software and hardware reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and developing proof-of-concept offensive cyber capabilities with a focus on embedded systems. Do you want to collaborate with world-class experts to crack seemingly-impossible problems? If so, we want you to join our team at APL! As a member of our group, you will reverse engineer embedded systems and develop innovative exploits, collaborate with government sponsors and operators to build mission-aligned capabilities, explore novel techniques for automating reverse engineering and exploit development, propose groundbreaking ideas for internal and external funding opportunities, mentor teammates in the art and science of reverse engineering hardware, and share knowledge by clearly articulating ideas through papers and presentations to team members, APL management, and government decision makers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or another field relevant to the duties as described above
At least 5 years of relevant experience
Understand embedded hardware and software design, development, and testing
Have experience with hardware debugging interfaces, code security mechanisms and their weaknesses, hardware diagnostic tools, and signal/protocol analysis
Are skilled with oscilloscopes, multi-meters, power supplies, and logic analyzers
Have experience soldering, prototyping, and bread boarding
Have familiarity with software debuggers and static analysis tools such as Ghidra
Are proficient with one or more low-level programming languages
Understand Unix/Linux operating systems
Love solving puzzles and have experience persevering through technical challenges
Hold an active TS/SCI clearance and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI+Polygraph clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information; eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Previously held dynamic technical leadership roles and have demonstrated mentoring experience
Have demonstrated versatility with professional experience in hardware RE, software RE, and capability development
Have knowledge of advanced vulnerability discovery tools
Possess an active TS/SCI clearance with full scope polygraph

Responsibilities

Reverse engineer embedded systems and develop innovative exploits
Collaborate with government sponsors and operators to build mission-aligned capabilities
Explore novel techniques for automating reverse engineering and exploit development
Propose groundbreaking ideas for internal and external funding opportunities
Mentor teammates in the art and science of reverse engineering hardware
Share knowledge by clearly articulating ideas through papers and presentations to team members, APL management, and government decision makers