Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a national security-focused team at Fort Meade, MD. You will develop high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities, analyze complex malware, and design hardware and software solutions for signals intelligence missions.

Candidates should have strong C/C++, assembly, and reverse-engineering skills and relevant security experience. Open to multiple experience levels with a clear progression path.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Relevant experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycles, programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, or systems engineering.
• Entry/Senior/Expert levels defined by degree and experience as listed (JCAC training counts).

Responsibilities

• Developing exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target network collection.
• Designing hardware components and systems to advance signals intelligence missions.
• Analyzing sophisticated malware.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability analysis

Exploitation

OS internals

Mobile development

Algorithms

Prototyping

Malware analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL

Verilog

PCB

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a national security-focused team at Fort Meade, MD. You will develop high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities, analyze complex malware, and design hardware and software solutions for signals intelligence missions.

Candidates should have strong C/C++, assembly, and reverse-engineering skills and relevant security experience. Open to multiple experience levels with a clear progression path.