12 hours ago
San Diego, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$204k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Reverse engineer complex software and firmware targets across Windows, Linux, embedded systems, and non-traditional architectures.
- Develop automated reverse engineering, binary analysis, emulation, and dynamic analysis tools.
- Analyze vulnerabilities and develop weaponized exploits, payloads, implants, patches, and mitigation techniques.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams working on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs.
- Characterize protocols, interfaces, functionality, code flow, data flow, and binary structures.
- Develop technical proposals, support technical marketing, and document, demonstrate, and present research.
- Solve cybersecurity problems supporting national security missions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field plus at least 15 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.
- Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced reverse engineering and exploitation programs.
- Experience with software and firmware binary analysis, vulnerability research, disassembly, debugging without source code, and exploit development.
- Proficiency in multiple assembly languages, including x86 and ARM, and in one or more programming languages such as C/C++ and Python.
- Experience with IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra; QEMU or AFL++ familiarity is desirable.
- Preferred experience includes embedded systems, DSP architectures, custom emulation tools, disassembler/decompiler development, operating system internals, protocol analysis, anti-reverse-engineering techniques, and intrusion detection or anti-malware systems.
Benefits
- Full-time position with work performed onsite.
- Requires an active Top Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship eligibility.
- Reasonable accommodation is available during the employment process.
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.