Offensive Security Engineer — Firmware & Storage

Sandisk; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation time

Paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Sandisk in California is looking for a highly motivated Adversarial Security Test Engineer to enhance the security of its firmware-driven products and storage platforms. In this role, you will conduct adversarial security testing on embedded systems, perform exploitability analysis, and leverage AI techniques for enhancing testing.

Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in offensive security and strong programming skills, alongside a deep understanding of firmware security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in offensive security, embedded systems security, or firmware security.
• Strong understanding of secure boot and firmware architectures.
• Programming experience in Python, C/C++, or related languages.

Responsibilities

• Conduct adversarial security testing on firmware and embedded systems.
• Assess exploitability of discovered vulnerabilities.
• Develop proof-of-concept exploits.

Skills

Offensive security mindset

Penetration testing

Fuzzing

Reverse engineering

Debugging low-level systems

Education

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

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Frida

AFL

libFuzzer

Job description

Sandisk in California is looking for a highly motivated Adversarial Security Test Engineer to enhance the security of its firmware-driven products and storage platforms. In this role, you will conduct adversarial security testing on embedded systems, perform exploitability analysis, and leverage AI techniques for enhancing testing.

Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in offensive security and strong programming skills, alongside a deep understanding of firmware security.