Cybersecurity Firmware Engineer, Mid
Booz Allen Hamilton3 days ago
Rome, NY, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$62k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Test and evaluate systems against security requirements and assess potential risks.
- Review hardware description language and system documentation to identify threat vectors.
- Assess hardware- and software-based cross-domain systems for compliance with DoD security requirements.
- Execute testing to identify vulnerabilities and exploits and develop attack methodologies.
- Develop or contribute to solutions of moderate scope and complexity.
- Create reports from hands-on testing and brief stakeholders on findings.
- Research hardware-based filtering technologies to support departmental needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- At least 3 years of experience in electrical or computer engineering.
- Experience with VHDL or OpenCL firmware programming.
- Experience implementing Linux operating systems, including Red Hat.
- Experience analyzing and executing test plans and procedures.
- Experience developing or analyzing technical documentation.
- Knowledge of FPGA devices, including Xilinx, Intel, or Microsemi.
- Secret clearance required.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, including Security+ CE, CYSA, SSCP, or GSEC, within 6 months of hire.
- Preferred experience with HDL verification using SystemVerilog, OVM, or UVM.
- Preferred experience with Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator.
- Preferred experience with ASIC design flows and FPGA architecture.
- Preferred knowledge of hardware or firmware simulation tools, including MATLAB.
- Preferred knowledge of digital signal processing, automata theory, hardware testing equipment, and complex mixed-signal board design.
- TS/SCI clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards and employee benefits programs for eligible full-time and part-time employees.
- Onsite work in Rome, New York; the position is not remote and is primarily performed at a customer facility.
- Secret clearance is required and applicants are subject to a security investigation.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).