Hardware Exploitation Engineer (TS/SCI)- Senior & Mid
Vexterra Group
Bethesda, MD, United States
Full Time
Expires On: 02/14/2026
Hardware Exploitation Engineer (TS/SCI)- Senior & Mid
Vexterra Group is currently searching for a TS/SCI cleared Hardware Exploitation Engineer to provide the following engineering support:
- Conduct technical hardware exploitation and examination of various digital media devices.
- Conduct reverse engineering, failure analysis, and vulnerability analysis of hardware to identify exploitation opportunities
- Modify hardware to either enable forensic analysis of the media or to change the functionality of the hardware for desired purposes
- Perform inspection, imaging, decapsulation, deprocessing, and other activities related to hardware reverse engineering and exploitation in a state of-the-art microelectronics exploitation laboratory
- Develop and maintain frameworks, processes, design patterns, techniques, tools, and standards for conducting hardware exploitation of digital media
- Serve as a subject matter expert for IC/DOD customers
- Prepare clear and concise technical reports to a wide range of audiences
- Using knowledge gained through the application of reverse engineering and other research techniques, engineer low-level C and assembly.
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineer, and Mathematics (STEM) discipline and at least 5 years of related experience.
- Must be Department of Defense (DoD) 8570 Compliant, IAT Level II.
- Solid understanding of programming language and operating system concepts and experience with assembly languages, such as, C, C++, Python, Perl, etc.
- Experience requiring skills in reverse engineering of embedded systems with proprietary operating systems for the purpose of introducing functionality to a fielded system.
- Experience requiring knowledge of C and Assembler software engineering for embedded platforms that run commercial and/or custom operating systems.
- Working experience in Microprocessors/Architectures: ARM, MIPS, RISC, PowerPC, XScale, StrongARM, x86.
- Contractor personnel shall be required to complete and pass a written test, prior to beginning work on the contract.
Security Requirements:
- Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
Highly Desired Experience:
- Experience Operating Systems: VxWorks, Integrity, Embedded Linux, JunOS, Linux, Unix, Windows Embedded. Experience with RTOS desired.
- Experience in Hardware Tools and Debuggers: Green Hills Probe, SuperTrace Probe, Slingshot, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, JTAG, Agilent Technologies equipment.
- Working experience in Software Tools and Debuggers: Wireshark, IDA Pro, OllyDbg, pcap, gdb, make, hex editor.
Vexterra Group is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We are a federal contractor or subcontractor and are required to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities.