Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

DCIPS Trial Period

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a world-class team developing cutting-edge cyber capabilities for national security. The role focuses on creating offensive and defensive tools, exploiting vulnerabilities, and applying hardware/software expertise to complex signals intelligence challenges.

You will work with professionals in computer science and electrical engineering to design and reverse engineer advanced systems, contributing to

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle, vulnerability analysis, or systems engineering.
• Military training like JCAC counts toward experience requirements.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Reverse engineering

Malware analysis

Software debugging

OS internals

Algorithms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a world-class team developing cutting-edge cyber capabilities for national security. The role focuses on creating offensive and defensive tools, exploiting vulnerabilities, and applying hardware/software expertise to complex signals intelligence challenges.

You will work with professionals in computer science and electrical engineering to design and reverse engineer advanced systems, contributing to