Advanced Capabilities Development Engineer

CNSS • National Security Systems; Odenton (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

National Security Agency (NSA) seeks Capabilities Development Specialists (CDS) to develop advanced capabilities for national security missions. The team focuses on software and hardware tools to defend the nation, requiring deep expertise in software/hardware reverse engineering, exploitation, and defensive research.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary work across CS and electrical engineering, with a high level of problem solving and cutting-edge research in a fast-paced environment at NSA

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in hardware/software lifecycle: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment.
• Military training such as JCAC counts toward experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics to enable foreign target network collection.
• Design hardware components and systems to further signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Reverse engineering

Debugging tools

OS internals

Prototyping

Algorithmic analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

National Security Agency (NSA) seeks Capabilities Development Specialists (CDS) to develop advanced capabilities for national security missions. The team focuses on software and hardware tools to defend the nation, requiring deep expertise in software/hardware reverse engineering, exploitation, and defensive research.

The role emphasizes cross-disciplinary work across CS and electrical engineering, with a high level of problem solving and cutting-edge research in a fast-paced environment at NSA