Senior Embedded Vulnerability Researcher
Overview
Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. Founded in 1945, Draper tackles important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.
Job Description
Assess hardware and software for security vulnerabilities using a breadth of technologies and techniques.
Develop software that meets behavior and security requirements for tailored applications.
Integrate software capabilities with other tasks or groups to improve performance or behavior requirements.
Create new tools and systems to detect and exploit vulnerabilities and system weaknesses.
Document nominal application and system functionality, in addition to implemented changes.
Help define the analysis approach for a particular problem and independently execute assignments.
Contribute high quality content for technical reports and presentations with minimal guidance.
Proactively identify needs and concerns associated with design decisions and communicate them to project leadership.
Skills & Abilities
A curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
Be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.
Experience
5-10 years experience in Cybersecurity or related field is required.
Additional Job Description
Program Analysis, Reverse Engineering, and Vulnerability Research:
Proficiency with modern program analysis methodologies and techniques.
Reverse-engineering assessment techniques for firmware or embedded systems.
Familiarity with binary file and filesystem structures and formats.
Hands-on proficiency with reverse engineering tooling such as: Ghidra, IDA, GDB, RR.
Hands-on proficiency with physical instrumentation or hardware modification, soldering.
Experience with JTAG/SWD/BDM, and eMMC/NAND/SPI flash data extraction.
Exploitation techniques for embedded devices across platforms and architectures.
Familiarity of network stack and internals.
Familiarity of operating system internals throughout user mode, kernel mode, and during boot processes for at least one of the following: GNU/Linux, RTOS.
Familiarity with architectures and assembly: x86, ARM, Hexagon, PowerPC.
Languages And Development:
Proficiency with programming languages such as: C, C++, Python, Java.
Familiarity with scripting languages such as: Bash, Powershell.
Familiarity in development environments for GNU/Linux or Windows.
Leadership And Business Development:
Successful history in authoring of technical proposals and documents.
Leadership in advanced R&D initiatives, including government-funded projects.
Leadership of critical programs with more than two full time staff members.
Proficient in teamwork and communication with diverse audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with side channel attacks (glitching) to place components and/or devices into altered states to bypass protections.
Familiarity with custom filesystem extraction and modification, removal and/or regeneration of OOB/CRC data.
Familiarity with bus and protocol analysis.
Pay
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $82,300.00 - $205,750.00. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Benefits
Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off-site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.
Contact
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