Embedded Security Engineer: AI/RE, Equity, Onsite NY

Zealot Labs, Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Zealot Labs, Inc. is seeking an experienced security researcher to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems. You will reverse engineer firmware, map attack surfaces, and develop reliable exploits across IoT devices and RTOS.

The role requires deep ARM/MIPS knowledge, hardware debugging skills (JTAG/UART/SPI/I2C), and a track record in vulnerability research. You will build scalable analysis tooling and advance AI-enabled security research within a startup that values bold

Qualifications

• Experience in embedded vulnerability research and exploit development.
• Strong reverse engineering of firmware and hardware interfaces.
• Deep knowledge of ARM, MIPS and other embedded architectures.
• Hands-on hardware debugging using JTAG/UART/SPI/I2C and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems, IoT devices, and RTOS.
• Reverse engineer firmware to map attack surfaces and discover bugs.
• Build scalable tooling for automated vulnerability discovery across platforms.
• Research novel attack techniques against constrained environments and protocols.
• Demonstrate proven vulnerability research across CVEs or advisories.

Skills

Embedded vulnerabilities

Reverse engineering

ARM/MIPS expertise

Firmware debugging

Exploits research

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binwalk

JTAG

Job description

Zealot Labs, Inc. is seeking an experienced security researcher to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems. You will reverse engineer firmware, map attack surfaces, and develop reliable exploits across IoT devices and RTOS.

The role requires deep ARM/MIPS knowledge, hardware debugging skills (JTAG/UART/SPI/I2C), and a track record in vulnerability research. You will build scalable analysis tooling and advance AI-enabled security research within a startup that values bold