Vexterra Group is currently searching for a TS/SCI cleared Hardware Exploitation Engineer to provide the following engineering support: + Conduc t 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 + Development 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) five 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 functionally 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 w/ a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph. Highly Desired Experience: + Experience Operating Systems: VxWorks, Integrity, Embedded Linux, JunOS, Linux, Unix, Windows Embedded. Experience with RTOS desired. + Experience IDEs: Tornado, Workbench, VxSim, MULTI, TirneMachine, TraceEdge, Eagle CAD + 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.   Powered by JazzHR