Reverse Engineer / Cyber Capability Engineer

Description Are you a creative engineer with natural curiosity who wants to understand how things work? Do you love finding vulnerabilities and teaming with outstanding reverse engineers? Are you passionate about national security cyber challenges? If so, we want you to join our team at APL! Our team of world‑class reverse engineers is growing! We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic engineers who want to learn and love to hack anything. Our team specializes in software and hardware reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and developing proof‑of‑concept offensive cyber capabilities with a focus on embedded systems. We have custom facilities tailored to specific classes of systems including vehicles, telecommunications/network infrastructure, and industrial systems as well as general reverse engineering labs. As a member of our group, you will Reverse engineer embedded systems Develop exploits and build mission-aligned proof‑of‑concept capabilities Explore novel techniques for automating reverse engineering and exploit development Stretch your reverse engineering skills by working with top experts Propose new ideas for internal and external funding opportunities Share knowledge by clearly articulating ideas through papers and presentations to team members, APL management, and government decision makers Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you... Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or another field relevant to the duties as described above Have at least 1 year of relevant experience Are experienced with software debuggers and static analysis tools Are proficient with one or more programming languages Are familiar with assembly Understand Unix/Linux operating systems Love solving puzzles and have experience persevering through technical challenges Are able to obtain a Top Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain TS/SCI+poly level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. Additional qualifications Have demonstrated leadership experience Have knowledge of advanced vulnerability discovery tools Understand embedded systems development toolchains Have experience with hardware debugging interfaces, code security mechanisms and their weaknesses, hardware diagnostic tools, and signal/protocol analysis Possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, occupation, marital or familial status, political opinion, personal appearance, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. APL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals of all abilities, including those with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. Minimum Rate $100,000 Annually Maximum Rate $245,000 Annually #J-18808-Ljbffr