CNO Vulnerability Researcher RE, Embedded, 0-Day
Job Location:
Howard County, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150000 - 260000
Posted:
18 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline:
15 October 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Erias Ventures was founded to serve its customers with an entrepreneurial mindset. We valuecreative problem-solvingopen communication andempowering our employeesto make decisions and put forth new ideas.
Our staff includes technical experts working across multiple disciplines bringing diverse perspectives to every project. We are seeking engineers who wish to grow their careers and want to become part of atechnicallystrongandgrowth-orientedcompany focused on bringinginnovative solutionsto the difficult mission problems facing our customers.
Description
The Vulnerability Researcher provides engineering and vulnerability research results related to hardware components software applications and operating systems to determine functionality code structure and system design for use in the discovery of initial access capabilities.
Shall possess the following capabilities:
Required skills:
Erias Ventures provides a complete package of wealth health and happiness expected salary range for this position depending on education and years of experience is $150000 - $260000.
Wealth Benefits:
Referrals &Inquiries
Do you know a cleared professional seeking to advance their career Interested in earning some extra cash If so refer them to us with their name and contact details and you could be eligible for a referral bonus of up to$10000for each successful hire.
Not seeing the right position right now Reach out to us and well notify you as new contracts and opportunities become available!
Please send referrals and inquiries to:
To learn more about our company visit ourwebpageorLinkedIn.
Our staff includes technical experts working across multiple disciplines bringing diverse perspectives to every project. We are seeking engineers who wish to grow their careers and want to become part of atechnicallystrongandgrowth-orientedcompany focused on bringinginnovative solutionsto the difficult mission problems facing our customers.
Description
The Vulnerability Researcher provides engineering and vulnerability research results related to hardware components software applications and operating systems to determine functionality code structure and system design for use in the discovery of initial access capabilities.
Shall possess the following capabilities:
- Actively debug software and troubleshoot issues with software crashes and programmatic flow
- Ability to perform source code analysis in an effort to discover software flaws andprovide/author documentation on the impact and severity of the flaw
- Ability to develop proof-of-concept exploits against research targets prototypes and hands-on demonstrations of vulnerability analysis results
- Provide/author and participate in technical presentations on assigned projects
- Lead reverse engineering and vulnerability research of hardware components software applications and operating systems to determine functionality code structure and circuit design for the use in the discovery of initial access capabilities
Clearance
A current Top-Secret/SCI with polygraph security clearance is required. Candidates cannot be sponsored or nominated for a government security clearance under this position.
A current Top-Secret/SCI with polygraph security clearance is required. Candidates cannot be sponsored or nominated for a government security clearance under this position.
Experience
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or minimum two (2) years experience in computer science information systems or network engineeringRequired skills:
- Minimum two (2) years experience programming in Assembly C C# C Perl or Python
- Minimum two (2) years demonstrated experience in either hardware or software reverse engineering this often includes the use of tools such as (IDA Pro Ghidra & Binary Ninja) to identify abstract concepts about the code flow of an application.
- 0-day vulnerabilities or CVEs discovered and attributed to themselves
- History performing vulnerability research
- Experience with writing or using fuzzers AFL LibFuzzer ClusterFuzz oss-fuzz
- Experience with code analysis tools CodeQL Joern Semgrep
- History of exploiting or productizing 0-day vulnerabilities
- History of exploiting or productizing n-day vulnerabilities/CVEs/publicly disclosed vulnerabilities
- History of reverse engineering malware or other code for CNE purposes
- Experience with reverse engineering tools Ghidra Ida Pro Binary Ninja
- Experience using debuggers GDB or WinDbg
- Experience writing navigating and building C/C code
- Experience with tools like VsCode Visual Studio VIM/Emacs
- Familiarity with ARM or MIPS architectures and Linux variants
- We also use Python to write a lot of our tools so that is good to see
Desired skills:
- The use of Unix/Windows system APIs understanding of virtual function tables in C heap allocation strategies and protections and the experience with very large software projects is an advantage when being considered. Kernel programming experience (WDK / UnixLinux) while not required is a significant discriminator among other candidates.
Erias Ventures provides a complete package of wealth health and happiness expected salary range for this position depending on education and years of experience is $150000 - $260000.
Wealth Benefits:
- Above Market Hourly Pay
- 11% RothorTraditional 401kwith Immediate Vesting and Deposit
- Spot Bonusesfor Assisting with Business Development and Company Growth
- Professional Development Bonusesfor Certificates and Degrees
- Company subsidizedMedicalCoverage
- 100%Company PaidVisionandDentalCoverage
- 100%Company PaidLong Term DisabilityShort Term Disability andGroup Life Insurance
- MonthlyWellness Reimbursement
- Paid Time OffwithFlexible WorkSchedules andBirthday Off
- Amazon Prime MembershipandMonthlyInternetReimbursement
- TechnologyandProductivity Allowancefor Equipment and Supplies
- Morale BuildingandCompany Eventsto Celebrate our Successes and Build our Community
- Onboarding and AnnualSwag
- Company Paid Professional DevelopmentandTraining
Referrals &Inquiries
Do you know a cleared professional seeking to advance their career Interested in earning some extra cash If so refer them to us with their name and contact details and you could be eligible for a referral bonus of up to$10000for each successful hire.
Not seeing the right position right now Reach out to us and well notify you as new contracts and opportunities become available!
Please send referrals and inquiries to:
To learn more about our company visit ourwebpageorLinkedIn.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Erias Ventures brings an entrepreneurial mindset to solving the hard problems facing our customers.