Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer (Embedded Security)

Location: Herndon, Virginia, United States; onsite

Salary: $130,778–$196,167 annualized

Company

hirify.global develops and deploys products that address complex challenges for national security and defense customers.

What you will do

• Reverse engineer complex embedded systems and high-speed architectures to identify functionality and support vulnerability analysis.
• Extract firmware, analyze communication channels and memory, and research vulnerabilities in hardened systems.
• Reconstruct schematics from physical boards and develop hardware-in-the-loop environments for device testing and emulation.
• Perform protocol and signal analysis using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, JTAG, and UART.
• Rapidly prototype technologies for analyzing and exploiting target systems.
• Prepare technical reports and contribute to embedded system security research and development projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer/electrical engineering, or a related scientific field, or 5+ years of embedded security industry experience.
• Hands-on experience developing for embedded systems, analyzing x86/ARM/AVR binaries, extracting firmware, and integrating bootloaders.
• Experience creating wiring diagrams and schematics and developing for AMD/Xilinx, Altera, or Microsemi FPGA devices.
• Programming experience in C, C++, and Python.
• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in a related technical field.
• Experience with Lauterbach hardware debuggers, Trace32, Altium, RF systems, and wired or wireless Layer 1 and Layer 2 protocols.
• IoT product hacking experience and experience leading technical employees or engineering teams.
• Background working in small R&D teams of researchers, engineers, and scientists.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on research and development work supporting national security missions.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave, tuition assistance, and professional development support.