Capabilities Development Engineer - Hardware & Software

CNSS • National Security Systems

Fort Meade (MD)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

NSA is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist with a strong CS or computer/electrical engineering background to join a team that builds advanced hardware and software tools for national defense. You will work across the lifecycle from requirements through deployment to develop capabilities for both offensive and defensive operations.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in software or hardware design, testing, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis, with a track record in

Qualifications

Degree with concentration in CS foundational areas (algorithms, architecture, programming, data structures, logic, math).
Experience in lifecycle engineering: requirements, design, development, testing, integration, deployment/maintenance.
Entry/Senior levels with specified combinations of degree and years of experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++

Reverse Engineering

OS Internals

Embedded Systems

Malware Analysis

Kernel/Device Drivers

Java/C

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Doctoral degree

Associate's degree with relevant experience

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

GDB

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL/Verilog

PCB Design

Job description

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in software or hardware design, testing, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis, with a track record in

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