A Senior Firmware Vulnerability Researcher focused on offensive and defensive security research, reverse engineering complex systems, and identifying vulnerabilities in low-level firmware and hardware interfaces.
Salary compensation range and midpoint: $126,800 - $158,500 - $190,200 Annual
- Reverse engineer and perform vulnerability research against complex embedded system software.
- Prototype technical capabilities in hardware and software e.g., proof-of-concept software exploit.
- Research emerging threats to embedded systems and countermeasures.
- Provide technical leadership within project teams and help define research approaches that deliver impactful solutions for our customers.
- Design, develop, and lead key efforts to build software infrastructure and tools that enable, accelerate, and scale reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and security capability development for embedded systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or similar field
- Master’s degree in the same field
- PhD in the same field
- Nice to have: Top Secret security clearance
- Nice to have: Fuzz testing
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