Capabilities Development Engineer (CDS)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) at Fort Meade, MD, to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national security operations. You will work with a world-class team of computer science and engineering professionals to deliver hardware and software tools for national decision-makers, focusing on high-priority targets and critical missions.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in software/hardware design, reverse engineering, and

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field required.
• Experience across lifecycle: requirements to maintenance.
• Knowledge of security, vulnerability analysis, and penetration testing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target networks.
• Design hardware components to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware and reverse engineer complex files.

Skills

C programming

C++

Assembly

ARM

RE/Debugging

OS internals

Algorithmic analysis

Prototyping

Malware reverse engineering

Hardware RE

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) at Fort Meade, MD, to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national security operations. You will work with a world-class team of computer science and engineering professionals to deliver hardware and software tools for national decision-makers, focusing on high-priority targets and critical missions.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in software/hardware design, reverse engineering, and