Hardware Exploitation Engineer (TS/SCI)- Senior & Mid
Vexterra Group · Bethesda, MD · 3 wk ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Position Overview
Vexterra Group is seeking a TS/SCI cleared Hardware Exploitation Engineer to provide engineering support in areas including:
- Technical hardware exploitation and examination of various digital media devices
- Reverse engineering, failure analysis, and vulnerability analysis of hardware
- Modification of hardware for forensic analysis or to change its functionality
- Inspection, imaging, decapsulation, deprocessing, and other hardware reverse engineering activities
- Development and maintenance of frameworks, processes, design patterns, techniques, tools, and standards for hardware exploitation
- Preparation of clear and concise technical reports to diverse audiences
- Engineering low-level C and assembly code using knowledge from reverse engineering and research techniques
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with at least 5 years of related experience
- Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 compliant, IAT Level II clearance
- Solid understanding of programming languages and operating systems
- Experience with assembly languages like C, C++, Python, Perl, etc.
- Knowledge of C and Assembly software engineering for embedded platforms
- Experience with Microprocessors/Architectures: ARM, MIPS, RISC, PowerPC, XScale, StrongARM, x86
Security Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph
Desired Experience
- Operating Systems: VxWorks, Integrity, Embedded Linux, JunOS, Linux, Unix, Windows Embedded
- IDEs: Tornado, Workbench, VxSim, MULTI, TirneMachine, TraceEdge, Eagle CAD
- Hardware Tools and Debuggers: Green Hills Probe, SuperTrace Probe, Slingshot, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, JTAG, Agilent Technologies equipment
- Software Tools and Debuggers: Wireshark, IDA Pro, OllyDbg, pcap, gdb, make, hex editor