Camera System Security Engineer APPLIED AI RE VR HIKVISION DAHUA PROVISION New York, NY / On Site →

Zealot Labs, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100.000 - 195.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Zealot Labs, Inc. in London is seeking a security researcher to own vulnerability discovery in IP cameras, surveillance systems, and video platforms. You will reverse engineer firmware from Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, and others and build automated tooling for large-scale analysis.

You should have strong C/C++ skills, embedded Linux experience, and familiarity with RTSP/ONVIF, HTTP/HTTPS. This early-stage startup offers high ownership and equity as you help shape an industry-changing product.

Qualifikationen

• Candidates will research vulnerabilities in IP cameras and video management platforms.
• Experience reversing firmware and analyzing embedded systems is essential.
• Strong C/C++ skills and familiarity with ARM architectures are required.

Aufgaben

• Research and exploit vulnerabilities in IP cameras, surveillance systems, and video management platforms.
• Reverse engineer camera firmware from vendors like Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, and others.
• Develop exploit chains targeting camera system network stacks, web interfaces, and RTSP/ONVIF protocols.
• Build automated tooling for large-scale camera system analysis and vulnerability discovery.
• Experience reverse engineering IP camera firmware and embedded Linux systems.
• Strong understanding of network protocols: RTSP, ONVIF, HTTP/HTTPS, UPnP.
• Vulnerability research experience targeting embedded web servers and network services.
• Proficiency with firmware extraction, unpacking, and analysis (Binwalk, firmware-mod-kit).
• Strong C/C++ skills and familiarity with ARM architecture.

Kenntnisse

C/C++ skills

ARM architecture

Reverse engineering

Network protocols

Firmware analysis

Tools

Binwalk

firmware-mod-kit

Ghidra

Jobbeschreibung

Zealot is deploying AI systems at the center of western cyber operations , backed by tier-1 US VCs and industry leaders. Our team includes alumni of Anthropic, xAI, and Anduril. Soon live with close U.S. allies abroad.

APPLIED AI RE VR HIKVISION DAHUA PROVISION

Compensation 100K-195K + skin in the game equity

Location London, United Kingdom On Site

Stage Early-stage startup backed by tier 1 investors. Small, growing team with exceptionally high ownership.

• + Research and exploit vulnerabilities in IP cameras, surveillance systems, and video management platforms.
• + Reverse engineer camera firmware from vendors like Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, and others.
• + Develop exploit chains targeting camera system network stacks, web interfaces, and RTSP/ONVIF protocols.
• + Build automated tooling for large-scale camera system analysis and vulnerability discovery.
• + Experience reverse engineering IP camera firmware and embedded Linux systems.
• + Strong understanding of network protocols: RTSP, ONVIF, HTTP/HTTPS, UPnP.
• + Vulnerability research experience targeting embedded web servers and network services.
• + Proficiency with firmware extraction, unpacking, and analysis (Binwalk, firmware-mod-kit).
• + Strong C/C++ skills and familiarity with ARM architecture.

Nice to Have

• + Direct experience with Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Uniview, or similar camera platforms.
• + Experience with video codec or media processing vulnerabilities.
• + Familiarity with cloud-connected camera architectures and P2P protocols.
• + Proficiency with Ghidra, IDA, or custom static analysis tooling.
• + Experience building with LLMs and AI agents.
• + Background in physical security system assessments.
• + Fascinated by the intersection of physical security systems and cyber capabilities research.
• + Clearly interested in stepping away from purely manual research and moving toward the development of AI systems.
• + Building something massive matters more to you than comfort, titles, or predictability.
• + You want to be early at a company that will change an industry, and you're ready to do what that actually takes.

Ready?