Lead Vulnerability Researcher — Hardware & Software

Erias Ventures; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market pay

401k with immediate vesting

Bonuses for business development

Professional development

Job summary

Erias Ventures is seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to provide engineering and vulnerability research results related to hardware, software, and operating systems. You will determine functionality, code structure, and system design to uncover initial access capabilities.

The role requires current Top-Secret/SCI with polygraph clearance and hands-on experience in vulnerability research, debugging, and reverse-engineering tools. The position offers competitive benefits and salary potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or minimum two years' experience in CS/IS/network engineering (as stated).
• 2+ years' experience programming in Assembly, C, C#, C++, Perl, or Python.
• Experience with reverse engineering hardware or software; familiarity with tools like IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja.
• Experience with fuzzers (AFL, LibFuzzer, ClusterFuzz, oss-fuzz) and code analysis tools (CodeQL, Joern, Semgrep).

Responsibilities

• Actively debug software and troubleshoot crashes and program flow.
• Analyze source code to discover flaws and document impact/severity.
• Develop proof-of-concept exploits for targets and demos.
• Lead reverse engineering to determine functionality and circuit design for initial access discovery.

Skills

Assembly/C/C++/Python

Reverse engineering

Fuzzing tools

Code analysis tools

Debuggers

Ghidra/IDA/Binary Ninja

GDB/WinDbg

CNE/Vulnerabilities

Software/hardware security

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

2+ years experience in CS/IS/Network Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binary Ninja

GDB/WinDbg

VSCode/Visual Studio

Job description

Erias Ventures is seeking a Vulnerability Researcher to provide engineering and vulnerability research results related to hardware, software, and operating systems. You will determine functionality, code structure, and system design to uncover initial access capabilities.

The role requires current Top-Secret/SCI with polygraph clearance and hands-on experience in vulnerability research, debugging, and reverse-engineering tools. The position offers competitive benefits and salary potential.