Senior Vulnerability Researcher - TS/SCI Eligible

Research Innovations Inc; Saint Petersburg, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Community events

Job summary

Research Innovations, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Researcher to independently probe and exploit complex systems, from kernels to embedded platforms, for defense-focused work. The role emphasizes autonomy, rigorous problem-solving, and real-world impact within multiple U.S. locations.

Ideal candidates have hands-on reverse engineering, exploit development, and a track record of finding impactful vulnerabilities, with strong OS internals knowledge and proficiency in Python and C.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research experience.
• Demonstrated success finding impactful vulnerabilities in real-world targets.
• Strong knowledge of OS internals, low-level systems, and exploit development.
• Deep reverse engineering across native code, firmware, or kernel components.
• Experience developing exploits and bypassing modern mitigations.
• Proficiency with research tooling and automation (Python, C).

Responsibilities

• Research vulnerabilities across operating systems, kernels, hypervisors, firmware, embedded systems, and complex applications.
• Reverse engineer binaries and system components to identify novel attack surfaces.
• Develop exploits, mitigation bypasses, and proof-of-concepts against modern targets.
• Build tooling and emulation environments to support vulnerability discovery, analysis, and exploitation.
• Collaborate with other researchers to drive impactful security research.

Skills

5+ years RE/VR

Vulnerability research

OS internals

Reverse engineering

Exploit development

Python

C

Tools

Research tooling

Job description

Research Innovations, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Researcher to independently probe and exploit complex systems, from kernels to embedded platforms, for defense-focused work. The role emphasizes autonomy, rigorous problem-solving, and real-world impact within multiple U.S. locations.

Ideal candidates have hands-on reverse engineering, exploit development, and a track record of finding impactful vulnerabilities, with strong OS internals knowledge and proficiency in Python and C.