Capabilities Development Engineer: Cyber & Hardware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

The National Security Agency (NSA) seeks Capabilities Development Specialist to join our team at Fort Meade, MD. We hire computer science or electrical engineering professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills to defend the nation.

We develop cutting-edge technologies and tools to deliver critical information to national decision makers, supporting both offensive and defensive capabilities and advanced research initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Math, Engineering or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycles including design, development, testing, and maintenance.
• Military training (e.g., JCAC) counts toward experience.
• Senior/Expert levels based on education and years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target networks.
• Design hardware components and systems for signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Kernel development

Device driver development

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

Verilog

VHDL

FPGA

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Software vulnerability analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

FPGA

Verilog

VHDL

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

The National Security Agency (NSA) seeks Capabilities Development Specialist to join our team at Fort Meade, MD. We hire computer science or electrical engineering professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills to defend the nation.

We develop cutting-edge technologies and tools to deliver critical information to national decision makers, supporting both offensive and defensive capabilities and advanced research initiatives.