Embedded Security Engineer APPLIED AI RE VR BARE METAL New York, NY / On Site →

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

Zusammenfassung

Zealot Labs, Inc. seeks a hands-on embedded security researcher to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems, IoT devices, and RTOS environments.

You will map attack surfaces, reverse engineer firmwares, and build scalable tooling for automated vulnerability discovery across diverse platforms. Candidates should have deep experience with ARM/MIPS architectures, hardware debugging, and a proven track record in vulnerability research, including CVEs or advisories on embedded targets.

Qualifikationen

• Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems, IoT devices, and RTOS.
• Reverse engineer firmware to map attack surfaces, discover bugs, and develop reliable exploits.
• Build scalable tooling for automated vulnerability discovery across diverse embedded platforms.
• Research novel attack techniques against constrained environments and proprietary protocols.
• Strong reverse engineering experience with embedded firmware and bare-metal systems.
• Proven vulnerability research experience: CVEs, advisories, or security research on embedded targets.
• Deep understanding of ARM, MIPS, or other embedded architectures.
• Proficiency with hardware debugging (JTAG, UART, SPI/I2C) and firmware extraction.

Aufgaben

• Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems, IoT devices, and real-time operating systems.
• Reverse engineer firmware to map attack surfaces, discover bugs, and develop reliable exploits.
• Build scalable tooling for automated vulnerability discovery across diverse embedded platforms.
• Research novel attack techniques against constrained environments and proprietary protocols.
• Strong reverse engineering experience with embedded firmware and bare-metal systems.
• Proven vulnerability research experience: CVEs, advisories, or security research on embedded targets.
• Deep understanding of ARM, MIPS, or other embedded architectures.
• Proficiency with hardware debugging (JTAG, UART, SPI/I2C) and firmware extraction.

Kenntnisse

Embedded vulnerabilities

Firmware reverse engineering

Automated tooling

Attack surface mapping

Bare-metal systems

Vulnerability research

Embedded architectures

Hardware debugging

Tools

Ghidra

IDA

Binwalk

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 BARE METAL

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.

• + Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems, IoT devices, and real-time operating systems.
• + Reverse engineer firmware to map attack surfaces, discover bugs, and develop reliable exploits.
• + Build scalable tooling for automated vulnerability discovery across diverse embedded platforms.
• + Research novel attack techniques against constrained environments and proprietary protocols.
• + Strong reverse engineering experience with embedded firmware and bare-metal systems.
• + Proven vulnerability research experience: CVEs, advisories, or security research on embedded targets.
• + Deep understanding of ARM, MIPS, or other embedded architectures.
• + Proficiency with hardware debugging (JTAG, UART, SPI/I2C) and firmware extraction.

Nice to Have

• + Experience with RTOS platforms: VxWorks, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, QNX.
• + Proficiency with Ghidra, IDA, Binwalk, and custom analysis frameworks.
• + Experience with protocol reverse engineering (Zigbee, BLE, proprietary RF).
• + Familiarity with supply chain security and hardware implant research.
• + Experience building with LLMs and AI agents.
• + Published research or conference presentations on embedded security.
• + 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.

Note to recruiting firms: Embedded vulnerability research and exploit development are the core requirements. Hardware hacking and RTOS experience are strong pluses.

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