Senior Embedded Hardware Security Engineer

Doist; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 250,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid professional development

Educational assistance

Flexible PTO with rollover

Job summary

Two Six Technologies in Linthicum, Maryland, is seeking a Hardware Reverse Engineer to join our Trusted Electronics & Effects team and tackle advanced embedded systems security challenges.

You will reverse engineer complex designs, analyze firmware, prototype hardware-in-the-loop environments, draft technical reports, and collaborate with hardware engineers and security researchers on cutting-edge projects for government customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Equivalent practical experience in security research, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, or exploit development may substitute for a degree.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer and analyze complex embedded systems designs to identify functional behaviors and facilitate deeper vulnerability analysis.
• Identify and exploit key system components, including communication channels and firmware memory.
• Conduct vulnerability research on hardened systems and architectures.
• Draft technical reports related to the function, characteristics, and any potential vulnerabilities of the assessed hardware and firmware.
• Rapidly prototype innovative technologies to analyze and exploit target systems.
• Reconstruct schematics from physical boards and develop hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments to test and emulate device behavior.
• Conduct protocol and signals analysis utilizing oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and logic analyzers.
• Contribute to a diverse range of research and development projects focused on embedded system security.
• Isolate areas of interest in complex systems with precision and efficiency.

Skills

Embedded systems

Reverse engineering

C/C++

Python

Security research

Binaries analysis (x86/ARM/AVR)

Debugging tools

Firmware analysis

Communication protocols knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

JTAG

UART

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Altium

FPGA (AMD/Xilinx/Altera/Microsemi)

Job description

Two Six Technologies in Linthicum, Maryland, is seeking a Hardware Reverse Engineer to join our Trusted Electronics & Effects team and tackle advanced embedded systems security challenges.

You will reverse engineer complex designs, analyze firmware, prototype hardware-in-the-loop environments, draft technical reports, and collaborate with hardware engineers and security researchers on cutting-edge projects for government customers.