Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer

• Focus: Embedded systems and high-speed hardware security research

Description

You will reverse engineer advanced embedded systems and high-speed architectures to uncover vulnerabilities and analyze hardware/firmware behavior. The work is hands-on: deconstruct electronics, extract low-level firmware, reconstruct schematics, and build hardware-in-the-loop environments. You will also prototype new analysis techniques and produce technical reports on findings.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer and analyze complex embedded system designs to identify functional behavior and support vulnerability research

• Identify and exploit key system components, including communication channels and firmware memory

• Conduct vulnerability research on hardened systems and architectures

• Draft technical reports on hardware/firmware function, characteristics, and potential vulnerabilities

• Rapidly prototype innovative technologies to analyze and exploit target systems

• Reconstruct schematics from physical boards and develop hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments

• Perform protocol and signals analysis using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and logic analyzers

• Contribute to embedded system security research and development projects

• Isolate areas of interest in complex systems efficiently

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related field OR 5+ years of experience in the embedded security industry

• Extensive hands-on embedded experience with high-speed data devices or system-on-modules

• Reverse engineering experience with binaries (x86/ARM/AVR)

• Experience extracting embedded firmware from memory

• Debugging embedded systems using JTAG, UART, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers

• Bootloader development and integration experience

• Ability to create wiring diagrams and schematics

• Programming in C, C++, and Python

• Development experience targeting AMD/Xilinx, Altera, or Microsemi FPGA devices

• Active U.S. security clearance at the Top Secret level, with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Life and disability insurance

• Retirement benefits

• Paid leave

• Tuition assistance and professional development

• Competitive compensation package (salary range provided)