Capabilities Development Specialist: Advanced Cyber Hardware

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

Job summary

NSA seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) with a CS or EE background to join a premier team at Fort George G. Meade Complex.

You will help develop offensive and defensive capabilities and contribute to cutting-edge hardware and software solutions for national security missions. You will engage across the lifecycle—from requirements and design to testing and deployment—aiming to deliver transformative tools to national decision makers and adversary networks.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field; CS concentration required.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle including design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Military training in JCAC counts towards experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target network collection.
• Design hardware components and systems to advance signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware and investigate complex files.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Debugger tools

OS internals

Kernel development

Embedded systems

Reverse engineering

Python

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

FPGA

Verilog

Oscilloscopes

Job description

NSA seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) with a CS or EE background to join a premier team at Fort George G. Meade Complex.

You will help develop offensive and defensive capabilities and contribute to cutting-edge hardware and software solutions for national security missions. You will engage across the lifecycle—from requirements and design to testing and deployment—aiming to deliver transformative tools to national decision makers and adversary networks.