Graduate Cyber Engineer & Scientist (Reverse Engineering)

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education assistance

Retirement contributions

Work-life balance

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks developers, computer scientists, and cyber researchers to tackle challenging cybersecurity problems. We perform deep reverse engineering and vulnerability research across software, firmware, hardware, and embedded systems.

Join a team that discovers vulnerabilities, develops novel offensive cyber capabilities, and pioneers approaches to overcoming protections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or similar.
• Skills in vulnerability analysis and reverse engineering of software, hardware, and/or firmware.
• Ability to obtain Secret clearance by start date and TS/SCI level clearance or higher; U.S. citizenship required.
• Understand OS internals, exploitation techniques, and mitigations.
• Experience reading or writing assembly (x86/x64, Arm, PowerPC, MIPS).
• Understand wire-level protocols and RF communications.
• Familiar with debuggers and reverse engineering tools (IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, Ghidra).
• Interest in hardware prototyping and JTAG.
• Hold TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Experience with government agencies.

Skills

Vulnerability analysis

Reverse engineering

Security research

Cyber defense

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or similar

Tools

IDA Pro

Binary Ninja

Ghidra

gdb

WinDbg

OllyDbg

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks developers, computer scientists, and cyber researchers to tackle challenging cybersecurity problems. We perform deep reverse engineering and vulnerability research across software, firmware, hardware, and embedded systems.

Join a team that discovers vulnerabilities, develops novel offensive cyber capabilities, and pioneers approaches to overcoming protections.