Senior Vulnerability Researcher & Exploitation Lead

Research Innovations Incorporated; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Research Innovations Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Researcher in the United States (San Antonio, TX area) with active Top Secret/SCI potential.

You will lead advanced vulnerability research across operating systems, kernels, firmware, and complex application stacks, performing deep reverse engineering and exploitation technique design. You will collaborate with other senior researchers, mentor peers, and communicate findings to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven vulnerability research on real-world systems.
• Deep understanding of OS internals and kernel subsystems.
• Ability to reverse engineer binaries, firmware, or kernel components.
• Developed PoC exploits or mitigation bypasses with real impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead vulnerability research across OSes, kernels, firmware, and hypervisors.
• Scope attack surfaces and drive research from hypothesis to validated findings.
• Perform deep reverse engineering and in-memory analysis across architectures (x86/x64, ARM, PowerPC).
• Design and test novel exploitation techniques and mitigation evaluations.
• Analyze undocumented system behavior and extend tooling to support research goals.
• Collaborate with senior researchers to guide technical direction and review work.
• Translate findings into actionable insights for stakeholders and customers.
• Mentor others and contribute to tooling and workflows.

Skills

Vulnerability research

Reverse engineering

Memory analysis

PoC exploits

Research tooling

Tools

Python

C/C++

Assembly

Linux

Job description

Research Innovations Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Researcher in the United States (San Antonio, TX area) with active Top Secret/SCI potential.

You will lead advanced vulnerability research across operating systems, kernels, firmware, and complex application stacks, performing deep reverse engineering and exploitation technique design. You will collaborate with other senior researchers, mentor peers, and communicate findings to internal stakeholders.