Senior FME Research Engineer: Reverse Engineering & ML

Jobtailor; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a research engineer to support software, hardware, and complex devices for Foreign Material Exploitation (FME). You will reverse engineer with tools like Ghidra, evaluate ML models, and integrate them into workflows while coordinating with cybersecurity teams for DoD/IC compliance.

Required: US citizenship, TS/SCI clearance, 8+ years of engineering experience, and a BS in science or engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science or engineering.
• 8+ years experience in engineering/software development.
• Strong background in engineering and software development.
• Experience in FME or related exploitation domains.
• Hands-on use of reverse engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide research engineering support across software, hardware, and complex devices for FME.
• Perform reverse engineering using standard FME workflows and tools such as Ghidra.
• Evaluate, test, and integrate ML models and LLMs into engineering workflows.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with DoD and IC standards.

Skills

Reverse Engineering

ML Model Integration

Experience 8+ years

Security clearance

Software Development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ghidra

Git

GitLab

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a research engineer to support software, hardware, and complex devices for Foreign Material Exploitation (FME). You will reverse engineer with tools like Ghidra, evaluate ML models, and integrate them into workflows while coordinating with cybersecurity teams for DoD/IC compliance.

Required: US citizenship, TS/SCI clearance, 8+ years of engineering experience, and a BS in science or engineering.