Lead research and development of cyber security tools and techniques, reverse engineering and exploiting software and hardware systems for U.S. government operations.
Compensation
Associate Staff Hiring Range: $114,000 - $148,000
Responsibilities
Owns and executes discrete design and development tasks such as data analyses, programming, designs, tests, models, simulations, or integration tasks within broader project or program efforts.
Applies relevant technical knowledge to solve less-defined and moderately complex problems, independently identifying appropriate methods and adapts existing approaches as needed.
May contribute to system, subsystem, or component-level development activities that may span multiple disciplines, mission needs, products, or technical focus areas.
Develops, reviews, and contributes to technical documentation, program reporting, data analyses, design materials, and presentations based on ambiguous policies and procedures.
Collaborates with project team members to ensure milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and technical risks are understood and addressed.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or other relevant technical field
Master’s degree in a STEM discipline
Nice to have: Version control systems (Git)
Nice to have: Disassemblers/decompilers (Ghidra, IDA Pro)
Lead research and development of cyber security tools and techniques, reverse engineering and exploitation of software and hardware systems for U.S. government operations.
Lead projects or major workstreams involving multi-disciplinary design, development, data analysis, programming, prototyping, integration, testing, or transition activities.
Apply extensive technical expertise to solve complex problems while evaluating alternative approaches, trade-offs, risks, and mission-driven implications.
Influence technical approach towards mission research, systems/subsystems, architecture design and integration.
Structure and manage execution of ambiguous work, translating project objectives into actionable technical plans.
Mentor others within the Group, reviewing work and providing constructive feedback.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or other relevant technical field
Conduct research and develop cyber security tools and techniques, reverse engineering and exploiting software and hardware systems for U.S. government operations.
Owns and executes discrete design and development tasks such as data analyses, programming, designs, tests, models, simulations, or integration tasks within broader project or program efforts.
Applies relevant technical knowledge to solve less-defined and moderately complex problems, independently identifying appropriate methods and adapts existing approaches as needed.
May contribute to system, subsystem, or component-level development activities that may span multiple disciplines, mission needs, products, or technical focus areas.
Develops, reviews, and contributes to technical documentation, program reporting, data analyses, design materials, and presentations based on ambiguous policies and procedures.
Collaborates with project team members to ensure milestones, assumptions, dependencies, and technical risks are understood and addressed.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or other relevant technical field
Master’s degree in a STEM discipline
Nice to have: embedded systems firmware reverse engineering
Nice to have: mobile applications reverse engineering
Cyber Systems Exploitation ResearcherNewMIT Lincoln Laboratory · Lexington, US