Senior Systems Security Engineer - Kernel & Linux

Nightwing Technologies, LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k Plan

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Additional Insurances

Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC develops software for a commercial product team focused on securing systems at the lowest levels. The role involves systems-level security engineering, Linux kernel and driver work, and delivering robust software for both commercial and government customers.

The team emphasizes security, engineering excellence, and tooling to support modern security challenges across diverse environments, including Linux, RTOS, and virtualization platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience in C/C++ development.
• Experience with bash scripting.
• Strong knowledge of Linux OS internals.
• Experience with system and application debugging.
• Familiarity with assembly (x86, x86_64) and function calling conventions.
• Experience leading software projects for commercial and/or government customers.
• Experience with Kernel/Driver development.
• Build systems using Make, CMake, etc.
• Understanding of concurrency and parallelism.

Skills

C/C++ development

Bash scripting

Linux OS internals

Debugging

Assembly (x86/x86_64)

Lead software projects (gov/commercial

Kernel/Driver development

Build systems (Make, CMake)

Concurrency & parallelism

Linux kernel configuration

Red Hat systems

Yocto

Docker / Kubernetes

Tools

Make

CMake

Job description

Nightwing Technologies, LLC develops software for a commercial product team focused on securing systems at the lowest levels. The role involves systems-level security engineering, Linux kernel and driver work, and delivering robust software for both commercial and government customers.

The team emphasizes security, engineering excellence, and tooling to support modern security challenges across diverse environments, including Linux, RTOS, and virtualization platforms.