Cyber Exploitation Researcher: Reverse Engineering & Tools

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Pension

401K match

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Cyber System Exploitation Researcher to advance the development of cyber security tools and techniques for U.S. government operations.

You will reverse engineer and exploit software and hardware systems critical to national defense, focusing on cyber tool prototyping, automated vulnerability discovery, and analysis of offensive/defensive tools. You will communicate findings to non-domain experts through writing, presentations, and hands-on training, and you

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain a Secret level DoD security clearance and apply for a Top Secret SCI clearance.
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory conducts background checks and pre-employment screenings.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineering and exploiting software and hardware systems important to U.S. government operations.
• Develop cyber security tools and techniques, including prototype research.
• Communicate research outcomes through writing, public presentations, and hands-on training sessions.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Wireshark

Tcpdump

VMware

QEMU

OS internals

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability assessment

Statistics

SAT/SMT solvers

Symbolic execution

Data-flow analysis

Binary translation

Network security products

Education

BS in CS/CE

Tools

VMware

QEMU

Job description

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Cyber System Exploitation Researcher to advance the development of cyber security tools and techniques for U.S. government operations.

You will reverse engineer and exploit software and hardware systems critical to national defense, focusing on cyber tool prototyping, automated vulnerability discovery, and analysis of offensive/defensive tools. You will communicate findings to non-domain experts through writing, presentations, and hands-on training, and you