Principal Mobile CNO Engineer

Salary: $108,000 - 148,000 per year Requirements:

• Current TS/SCI clearance
• Experience with team or task leadership and customer interaction
• Experience developing for Android or another mobile platform
• Experience assessing vulnerabilities on Android or another mobile platform
• At least 8 years of experience with C/C++ on Unix/Linux platforms using Make/CMake build systems
• Familiarity with static decompilers such as Hex-Rays and disassemblers such as Ghidra
• Experience developing against or working with large open-source projects such as AOSP
• A degree in a technical discipline
• Desired: Understanding of CNE techniques and methodologies on Android and Linux
• Desired: Experience with ARM64/ARM32 architecture or a similar platform
• Desired: Familiarity with Atlassian products such as Bitbucket, Bamboo, and JIRA
• Desired: Familiarity with version control software such as Git
• Desired: Experience reverse engineering ARM binaries
• Desired: Experience developing proof-of-concept exploit software

• Work with end users on site to address real-time cyber challenges
• Develop high-impact native applications for mobile devices, incorporating ongoing user feedback
• Integrate reverse-engineering results into development products
• Build knowledge of mobile platforms to meet development objectives and customer requirements

• ARM
• Android
• Atlassian
• Bamboo
• BitBucket
• Git
• Hardware
• Support
• JIRA
• Linux
• Mobile
• Unix
• Security

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We are Nightwing, a provider of cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support for customers in intelligence, defense, civil, and commercial markets. Our CODEX division brings together mission-focused experts across vulnerability research, reverse engineering, CNO/CNE development, hardware emulation, systems engineering, and data analytics. We offer a collaborative team environment, mentorship, training, and a broad technical portfolio. This Principal Mobile CNO Engineer role is based at a customer site in Chantilly, Virginia, and is not eligible for relocation; a signing bonus may be available for a sufficiently qualified candidate. The requisition is eligible for an employee referral award subject to all eligibility requirements. We are an equal opportunity employer.

last updated 41 week of 2026