Capabilities Development Engineer - Cyber & SIGINT

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a high‑priority team focused on offensive and defensive cyber capabilities for national security. You will help develop novel methods to deliver critical information to national decision makers and contribute to the world's most advanced teams of CS and engineering professionals.

We require experience in software/hardware design, development, testing, or reverse engineering, with strengths in C/C++,

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Math, Engineering or related field
• Experience in hardware/software lifecycle: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment
• Experience in vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, forensics or systems engineering
• Military JCAC training counted as experience when relevant

Responsibilities

• Developing exploitation capabilities and analytics to enable foreign target network collection
• Designing hardware components and systems to further signals intelligence missions
• Analyzing sophisticated malware

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Java

Kernel development

Device driver development

Malware analysis

Reverse engineering

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

JCAC training (military)

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL

Verilog

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a high‑priority team focused on offensive and defensive cyber capabilities for national security. You will help develop novel methods to deliver critical information to national decision makers and contribute to the world's most advanced teams of CS and engineering professionals.

We require experience in software/hardware design, development, testing, or reverse engineering, with strengths in C/C++,