Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to advance offensive and defensive capabilities for national security missions at Fort Meade, MD. You will join a world-class computer science and engineering team focusing on critical information delivery to decision makers.

The position requires deep skills in software and hardware development, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis, with opportunities across kernel, embedded, and hardware domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering and relevant experience in software/hardware lifecycle.
• Experience with vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, or forensics.
• Knowledge of kernel development, device drivers, or hardware reverse engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Developing exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target networks.
• Designing hardware components and systems to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyzing sophisticated malware and reverse engineering complex files.

Skills

C/C++/Assembly

Reverse engineering

Hardware design

Security analysis

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Doctoral degree

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

GDB

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to advance offensive and defensive capabilities for national security missions at Fort Meade, MD. You will join a world-class computer science and engineering team focusing on critical information delivery to decision makers.

The position requires deep skills in software and hardware development, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis, with opportunities across kernel, embedded, and hardware domains.