Capabilities Development Engineer (Signals Intelligence)

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems at Fort Meade, MD seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to develop high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities for adversarial networks. The role involves applying advanced CS and engineering expertise to deliver critical information to national decision makers.

The position requires strong skills in C, C++, assembly, and hardware/software reverse engineering, with opportunities to work on malware analysis and hardware design for signals

Qualifications

• Degree must be in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field with relevant CS coursework.
• Relevant experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle and programming, vulnerability analysis, or systems engineering.
• Military training in JCAC counts toward experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C programming

C++ development

Assembly

ARM architectures

Reverse engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems at Fort Meade, MD seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to develop high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities for adversarial networks. The role involves applying advanced CS and engineering expertise to deliver critical information to national decision makers.

The position requires strong skills in C, C++, assembly, and hardware/software reverse engineering, with opportunities to work on malware analysis and hardware design for signals