8 hours ago
Denver, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$157k - $224k/yr
Responsibilities
- Reverse engineer software and firmware targets across Windows/Linux binaries, embedded systems, nontraditional architectures, and operating systems.
- Develop automated reverse engineering, binary analysis, emulation, and dynamic analysis tools.
- Research vulnerabilities and perform weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs.
- Analyze protocols, interfaces, functionality, code/data flows, binary structures, and message formats.
- Develop cybersecurity solutions and contribute to technical marketing, customer presentations, proposals, demonstrations, and research documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; an MS or PhD with equivalent work experience may also be considered.
- Active Top Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship required for the government clearance requirement.
- Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs.
- Experience with software and firmware binary analysis, disassembly tools, vulnerability research, and exploit development.
- Proficiency in multiple assembly languages, including x86 and ARM, and in one or more programming languages such as C/C++ or Python.
- Nice-to-have experience includes implant or software patch development, QEMU or AFL++, DSP architectures, operating-system internals, embedded systems, custom emulation, disassembler/decompiler development, anti-reverse-engineering techniques, and intrusion detection or anti-malware systems.
Benefits
- Full-time onsite work is required.
- The role supports multidisciplinary research and development with direct national security impact.
- The position offers a collaborative learning environment focused on deep technical understanding and recognition of employee contributions.
About STR
STR develops cyber, electronic warfare, sensing, and AI/ML systems and analytics for U.S. defense and intelligence customers, delivering R&D services, prototypes, and fielded capabilities. The privately held, employee-owned company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, with sites near Boston, Arlington (VA), Dayton (OH), Melbourne (FL), and Carlsbad (CA). Work spans RF, sonar, radar, command-and-control, and ISR, including subsea sensors and signal processing.