Senior Reverse Engineer

STR is hiring a Senior Reverse Engineer who has a passion for research and analysis of vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems. Work must be performed onsite. 

What you’ll do: 

• Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems
• Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems
• Working in multi-discipline teams to develop innovative offensive cyber solutions to challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies 
• Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets 
• Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research 
• Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security

Who you are: 

• This position requires the ability to obtain an Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government 
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field plus a minimum of 5 years relevant experience 
  (MS or PhD with equivalent work experience may also be considered) 
• Experience with binary analysis of software/firmware 
• Experience with disassembly tools, such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra 
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C++, Python, etc. 
• Proficiency in one or more Assembly Languages: x86, ARM, etc. 
• General understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals: memory layout, calling conventions, etc. 

Nice to haves: 

• Vulnerability research and analysis
• Knowledge of weaponizing discovered vulnerabilities into exploits 
• Implant or software patch development 
• Familiarity with binary emulation or vulnerability research, including tools such as QEMU or AFL++