Software Reverse Engineer, Mid-Level

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Job Summary:

STR is a technology company focused on cybersecurity and advanced research for defense and national security. They are seeking a Software Reverse Engineer to analyze vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems and develop innovative cybersecurity solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems

• Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems

• Developing innovative cybersecurity solutions

• Working in multi-discipline teams to tackle challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies to develop innovative cybersecurity solutions

• Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets

• Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research

• Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security

Qualifications:

Required:

• Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field (or equivalent work experience)

• Experience with binary analysis of software/firmware

• Experience with disassembly tools, such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C++, Python, etc.

• Proficiency in one or more Assembly Languages: x86, ARM, etc.

• General understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals: memory layout, calling conventions, etc.

Preferred:

• Vulnerability research and analysis

• Knowledge of weaponizing discovered vulnerabilities into exploits

• Implant or software patch development

• Familiarity with binary emulation or vulnerability research, including tools such as QEMU or AFL++

• Experience with DSP architectures, such as Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, NXP, or Analog Devices.

• Knowledge of operating system internals including memory/process/thread management

• Embedded systems or firmware analysis

• Experience development custom emulation tools to enable dynamic analysis

• Experience analyzing and reconstructing code/data flow

• Automated reverse engineering or software analysis tool development

• Experience debugging software without source code

• Knowledge of binary file structures and formats

• Experience analyzing protocols or message structures

• Knowledge of anti-reverse engineering techniques

• Knowledge of intrusion detection and anti-malware systems and techniques

Company:

STR is built on people & technology platforms tackling tough problems in cybersecurity, distributed sensing & artificial. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development

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