Offensive Cyber Research – Reverse Engineer & Developer - Military Veterans
at RTX
Date Posted:
2024-08-01Country:
United States of AmericaLocation:
MA105: BBN Headquarters 10 Moulton Street , Cambridge, MA, 02138 USAPosition Role Type:
OnsiteRTX BBN Technologies is looking for an excellent candidate to start and lead as Reverse Engineer. Are you excited by the prospect of finding vulnerabilities and then developing exploits, implants, and payloads to deter and defeat our Nation’s adversaries? If so, we want you to join our elite team of offensive cyberspace experts! At RTX BBN Technologies we develop creative cyber solutions for our customers' most critical, mission-focused needs. We are looking for creative, entrepreneurial, and highly motivated engineers who want to create, contribute to, and grow cutting-edge research and development projects for offensive cyberspace operations. We do more than just advanced the state-of-the-art technology—we ensure missions succeed for our customers most pressing problems!
The work is always challenging and changes from one project to the next. Projects at are generally short in nature, anywhere from 6 to 18 months in length, though some are longer, and consist of small teams requiring close interaction with customers and other team members.
- This position is Onsite at our BBN Cambridge, Mass. offices
What You Will Do
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Analyze systems to understand how they work and what happens when they break.
- Disassemble and analyze binary code.
- Develop exploits, implants, payloads, and communication stacks based on extensive reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and software development.
- Develop unique networking protocols and communication schemes.
- Operationalize our code by thoroughly testing, documenting, and integrating with sponsor systems.
- Candidates should expect that they may be required to travel to a BBN, RTX, teammate, or customer site for meetings or other business-related activities.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, or physics and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related major minimum 3 years experience.
- Active and transferable Secret U.S. government security clearance is required prior to start date.
Qualifications We Prefer - Familiar with all, Expert in some
- Reverse engineering skills using tools such as IDA/Ghidra/BinaryNinja.
- Experience with assembly language (x86/64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, etc.).
- Solid, creative programming skills using one or more of: C/C++, Python, or equivalent languages.
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP stacks, wire-level protocols, RF communications, BGP, etc.).
- Fuzzer development experience.
- OS kernel development experience (e.g., Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android).
- Network programming skills.
- Hands on experience with system architecture design, prototyping, and technical project leadership.
- Authored papers and proposals.
What We Offer
Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
- Relocation Assistance available
To help you achieve your goals, BBN will provide:
- A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D.
- A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research.
- A diverse and technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine your research vision and goals.
- Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support.
- Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
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RTX is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
Cambridge, MA
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With more than 185,000 global employees, RTX pushes the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges.
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