Senior Vulnerability Researcher
About The Position
Battelle is currently seeking an aspiring Senior Vulnerability Researcher to work from our Columbus, OH; Chantilly, VA; or Beavercreek offices. As a Senior Vulnerability Researcher, you will work with disassemblers and debuggers to quickly understand how embedded devices operate. You will use and build tools that push past the edge of current tools and techniques. In a given day you will research and debug an embedded device while getting the chance to bounce ideas off of a close-knit team of researchers. We have the tools and the mentors you will need to take yourself to the next level and who are eager to learn from your experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study with 8 years of experience; Master’s degree in related field with 5 years of experience; PhD in a related field with 2 years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Strong understanding in reading assembly language and using debugging tools
- Experience with a disassembler for vulnerability research (Ghidra, IDA Pro, BinaryNinja)
- Experience with one or more assembly languages (x86, x64, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, etc.)
- Experience with one or more debuggers (WinDbg, OllyDbg, gdb)
- Experience with vulnerability research on one or more operating systems: Android, iOS, Windows, Linux, MacOS, VxWorks, QNX, RTOSs, or other custom operating systems
- Knowledge of advanced exploitation techniques (ret2libc,use-after-free,type confusion)
- Knowledge of exploit protection techniques (DEP, ASLR/NX)
- Ability to code in C
- Understanding of network protocols
- Ability to work individually and in small fast paced team environments
- Passion and drive to constantly need to improve your skill set
- Must Be a US Citizen with the ability and willingness to obtain a Secret or higher clearance
Nice To Haves
- Experience using fuzzing tools such as AFL or Peach
- Concolic analysis research and implementation
- Experience emulating embedded platforms for live debugging
- Experience with microcontrollers
- Experience with symbolic analysis
- Active Secret security clearance
Responsibilities
- Work with disassemblers and debuggers to quickly understand how embedded devices operate.
- Use and build tools that push past the edge of current tools and techniques.
- Research and debug an embedded device.
- Bounce ideas off of a close-knit team of researchers.
- Develop software to run in user-mode or kernel-mode.
Benefits
- Tuition assistance
- Paid training
- Software and Intellectual Property development royalty sharing
- Mentorship and learning culture
- Internally funded and guided research projects with large amounts of individual autonomy
- Compressed work schedule (every other Friday off)
- Hybrid work arrangement (60% in-office, 40% remote)
- Paid time off
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Wellness incentives and benefits
- Variety of optional supplemental benefits
- Coverage for partners
- Gender-affirming care and health support
- Family formation support
- Industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan (5% company contribution regardless of employee contribution, plus matching)
- Tuition assistance for higher education
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
