Senior Reverse Engineer / Cyber Capability Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory • Laurel, MD

76d • $102,500 - $290,000

About The Position

Are you a reverse engineer who loves to discover how bespoke systems work and how to break them? Are you energized by working with world-class experts to solve the hardest offensive cyber problems? Are you passionate about national security cyber challenges? If so, we want you to join our elite team of reverse engineers at APL! We strive to foster an innovative team environment where engineers can hack the latest technologies to find and exploit vulnerabilities. Our team specializes in software and hardware reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and developing offensive cyber capabilities with a focus on embedded systems. We have custom facilities tailored to specific classes of systems including foreign materiel, telecommunications/network infrastructure, and industrial systems as well as general reverse engineering labs.

Requirements

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another field relevant to the duties as described above
• Have at least 5 years of relevant professional experience
• Are skilled with software debuggers and static analysis tools such as Ghidra, IDA, and Binary Ninja
• Are proficient with one or more programming languages
• Understand Unix/Linux operating systems and embedded systems development toolchains
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Previously held dynamic technical leadership roles and have demonstrated mentoring experience
• Have knowledge of advanced vulnerability discovery tools
• Have experience with hardware debugging interfaces, code security mechanisms and their weaknesses, hardware diagnostic tools, and signal/protocol analysis
• Have a Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Possess an active TS/SCI clearance with full scope polygraph

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer embedded systems and develop innovative exploits
• Work 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 early-career teammates in the art and science of reverse engineering
• Share knowledge by clearly articulating ideas through papers and presentations to team members, APL management, and government decision makers

Benefits

• Generous benefits including a robust education assistance program
• Unparalleled retirement contributions
• Healthy work/life balance
• Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees