Lead OS Security Engineer

Nightwing Technologies, LLC; Old Bridge Township (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC seeks a Principal Software Developer (System Security) to advance OS-level security features and cyber resiliency for mission-critical systems. You’ll contribute deep kernel-level engineering, cryptographic bindings, and driver development across Windows, Linux, and VxWorks, with guidance from senior engineers.

Ideal candidates have a University Degree or equivalent, 8+ years in systems programming, and a track record delivering security-oriented software for defense

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in systems-level programming.
• Expert-level C/C++ skills with deep memory management, pointers and low-level concepts.
• Strong OS-level systems programming experience beyond desktop apps; understanding OS internals.

Responsibilities

• Develop OS-level security features deep within the operating system.
• Build detection and response mechanisms for advanced threats.
• Implement cryptographic binding of software to trusted hardware.
• Create system lockdown capabilities to minimize attack surface.
• Integrate with Hardware Root of Trust (HRoT) solutions.
• Protect against sophisticated attacks from well-funded adversaries.
• Support multi-OS platforms (Windows, Linux, VxWorks).
• Learn kernel programming and driver development with senior mentors.

Skills

C/C++ programming

OS-level systems programming

Debugging with gdb/WinDbg/VS Debugger

Git version control

Self-directed learning

Memory management

Education

University Degree or equivalent

Advanced Degree in related field

Tools

gdb

WinDbg

Visual Studio Debugger

Git

Job description

Nightwing Technologies, LLC seeks a Principal Software Developer (System Security) to advance OS-level security features and cyber resiliency for mission-critical systems. You’ll contribute deep kernel-level engineering, cryptographic bindings, and driver development across Windows, Linux, and VxWorks, with guidance from senior engineers.

Ideal candidates have a University Degree or equivalent, 8+ years in systems programming, and a track record delivering security-oriented software for defense