Capabilities Development Engineer - Cyber & Hardware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Full-time schedule (Mon-Fri)

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join its elite team. You will help develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national security missions, with emphasis on CS/engineering disciplines and advanced reverse engineering tools.

Applicants must upload transcripts, show CS concentration in foundational areas, and meet minimum experience criteria across your degree level.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycles, programming, vulnerability analysis, or systems engineering.
• Military training like JCAC may count as experience; multiple education pathways exist for senior/expert levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target networks.
• Design hardware components and systems to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware to understand risk and defense opportunities.

Skills

Software Specialties

Malware Reverse Engineering

Hardware Specialties

Programming languages

Certification awareness

Assembly language

Hardware design

RF system design

Embedded systems development

Software reverse engineering tools

Hardware analysis tools

Software vulnerability analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Doctoral degree with relevant focus

Associate's degree + relevant experience

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

FPGA

VHDL/Verilog

Oscilloscopes

JTAG

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join its elite team. You will help develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national security missions, with emphasis on CS/engineering disciplines and advanced reverse engineering tools.

Applicants must upload transcripts, show CS concentration in foundational areas, and meet minimum experience criteria across your degree level.