Principal Vulnerability Researcher

At Two Six Technologies we build deploy and implement innovative products that solve the worlds most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust we push the boundaries of whats possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Overview of Opportunity

Join the Trusted Electronics & Effects team of Two Six Technologies a team of dedicated hackers in Arlington Virginia where youll immerse yourself in cutting-edge vulnerability research on a wide range of unique embedded systems. Working side by side with top-tier CNO developers and hardware engineers youll discover vulnerabilities and create proof of concepts on embedded systems. Our fast-growing roster of government customers relies on us to deliver advanced security solutions and were looking for a Principal Software Reverse Engineer to help us continue pushing boundaries. If youre passionate about building tools that make a tangible impact on national security we want you on our team.

Responsibilities Include

• Perform vulnerability research on complex embedded systems
• Take on complex technical problems for which there is often no known answer
• Develop tools and techniques to assist/automate tasks that traditionally require significant manual reverse engineering effort
• Follow-on development to productize results/PoCs or handoff to developers for productization
• Provide technical leadership and direction on novel research projects and interface directly with clients/key stakeholders to present findings and determine program direction
• Mentor and develop junior team members through knowledge-sharing code reviews and hands-on guidance fostering their growth

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline. Equivalent practical experience in security research reverse engineering vulnerability research or exploit development may substitute for a degree
• Extensive experience developing debugging and scripting in C/C and Python within Linux command-line environments with a strong emphasis on low-level programming memory management and system interaction for reverse engineering and vulnerability research
• Experience with reverse engineering and vulnerability research using tools such as IDA Pro Binary Ninja or Ghidra
• Expertise in one or more of the following:
• Firmware analysis (ARM MIPS PowerPC RTOS)
• Firmware rehosting using emulation tools such as QEMU
• Fuzzing and exploit development
• Binary obfuscation and anti-analysis techniques
• Wireless protocols and radio signal analysis
• File system forensics and fault injection frameworks.
• Experience leading a team of engineers and researchers

Nice If You Have

• Experience in a client-facing technical role
• Experience reverse engineering binary payloads from multiple architectures (ARM MIPS TI x86 x64)
• Experience reverse engineering data payloads at rest (custom file formats) and in flight (live data captures)
• Experience with invasive and non-invasive hardware analysis including PCB/component identification and hardware manipulation
• Hands-on experience debugging embedded systems using JTAG UART oscilloscopes and logic analyzers

Clearance Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility/willingness to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance. Prefer active TS/SCI with Poly

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