Capabilities Development Engineer (CDS)

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to advance offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will join a world-class team of computer scientists and engineers shaping critical intelligence tools.

The role requires deep expertise in software/hardware development, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis to deliver innovative solutions for national decision-makers. On-site in MD, with a full-time schedule.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Mathematics/Engineering or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle components (requirements, design, development, testing, maintenance).
• Knowledge of vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, forensics, or systems engineering.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++/Assembly/ARM

Reverse engineering tools

OS internals

Algorithmic analysis

Hardware reverse engineering

Firmware/Hardware RE

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to advance offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will join a world-class team of computer scientists and engineers shaping critical intelligence tools.

The role requires deep expertise in software/hardware development, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis to deliver innovative solutions for national decision-makers. On-site in MD, with a full-time schedule.