Principal AI-Driven Firmware Reverse Engineer

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 209,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense in Fort Meade, MD seeks a Principal Firmware Reverse Engineer III to lead tooling design for firmware, embedded systems, and software analysis. You will drive automation frameworks, AI-assisted workflows, and scalable RE tooling to accelerate mission outcomes while collaborating with customers and developers.

Responsibilities include building and extending reverse engineering tools, evaluating new technologies, and translating complex requirements into practical analysis

Qualifications

• 12+ years SWE experience in programs/contracts of similar scope and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline is required.
• 4 additional years of SWE experience may substitute for a degree.
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering platforms such as Ghidra, IDA Pro, or similar analysis tools.
• Strong understanding of low-level software concepts including assembly language, binary analysis, memory structures, and calling conventions.
• Experience developing software tools, scripts, plugins, or extensions that support reverse engineering workflows.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language used in reverse engineering environments.
• Experience prototyping, evaluating, and refining experimental tools and technical solutions.
• Ability to analyze complex software systems and develop tooling to improve analysis efficiency.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with AI and LLM technologies with interest in expanding AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement tooling enhancements to improve reverse engineering workflows for firmware, embedded systems, and applications.
• Develop, extend, and integrate RE tools to enhance analysis capabilities and efficiency.
• Experiment with autonomous and semi-autonomous agents to support software development and RE workflows.
• Build automation solutions for common RE tasks: analysis, annotation, documentation, and workflow management.
• Apply AI-assisted techniques to binary analysis, pattern identification, code annotation, and RE processes.
• Enhance tooling to improve speed, accuracy, and effectiveness of RE efforts.
• Collaborate with customers, REs, and software developers to gather feedback and refine tooling solutions.
• Translate user needs and operational requirements into scalable tooling and automation capabilities.
• Measure, evaluate, and document the effectiveness of tooling enhancements.
• Support continuous improvement of RE platforms, processes, and automation frameworks.
• Analyze complex challenges and develop innovative solutions to improve operations.

Skills

Tooling design

Reverse engineering tools

Autonomous agents

Automation scripting

AI techniques

Tooling workflows

Stakeholder collaboration

Requirements translation

Metrics documentation

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

AI-enabled analysis

RE technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Ghidra/IDA Pro

Job description

Black Eagle Defense in Fort Meade, MD seeks a Principal Firmware Reverse Engineer III to lead tooling design for firmware, embedded systems, and software analysis. You will drive automation frameworks, AI-assisted workflows, and scalable RE tooling to accelerate mission outcomes while collaborating with customers and developers.

Responsibilities include building and extending reverse engineering tools, evaluating new technologies, and translating complex requirements into practical analysis