Capabilities Development Engineer – Cyber & Hardware

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

Job summary

NSA is seeking CDS professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills to join our capabilities development team. You will work on cutting-edge hardware and software tools to defend national security.

Transcripts are required with applications; degree concentration in CS is preferred. Responsibilities include developing exploitation capabilities, designing hardware components for signals intelligence, and analyzing sophisticated malware.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering or related field with CS fundamentals.
• Relevant experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle, programming, vulnerability analysis or systems engineering.
• Military training in JCAC counts toward experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target networks.
• Design hardware components and systems to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware and perform reverse engineering tasks.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

Java

Reverse engineering

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

Firmware debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

NSA is seeking CDS professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills to join our capabilities development team. You will work on cutting-edge hardware and software tools to defend national security.

Transcripts are required with applications; degree concentration in CS is preferred. Responsibilities include developing exploitation capabilities, designing hardware components for signals intelligence, and analyzing sophisticated malware.