[Remote] Cyber Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Leidos is seeking a motivated Cyber Software Engineer with strong foundations in offensive cyber and low-level engineering. The role involves contributing to the design, development, and prototyping of advanced cyber capabilities targeting modern computing environments and embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to offensive cyber research initiatives, including vulnerability exploration, capability prototyping, and analysis of modern and embedded systems
• Develop and maintain offensive security tools, red-team automation frameworks, and mission-oriented software components
• Support reverse engineering tasks across binaries, firmware, and hardware-adjacent systems to understand behavior, identify weaknesses, and inform capability development
• Assist in designing and evaluating evasion-resistant payloads, covert communication mechanisms, and persistence techniques for realistic adversary simulation
• Prototype automation and AI-driven approaches for reconnaissance, decision-making, and red-team workflow acceleration
• Analyze adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to support realistic threat emulation and capability design
• Collaborate with other engineers, hardware researchers, and mission teams to integrate software, embedded, and AI-driven components into cohesive research prototypes
• Document research findings, prototype behavior, and operational concepts for technical and operational audiences
• Participate in internal red-team exercises, capability evaluations, and iterative testing cycles to refine tools and methodologies
• Stay current with emerging offensive techniques, hardware-assisted attack vectors, and adversarial AI research trends

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field. Degree must be completed by start date
• Strong programming experience in C/C++ and Python, with demonstrated ability to build offensive tooling or low‑level software
• Experience with reverse engineering fundamentals, including firmware analysis, hardware interfaces, or binary inspection
• Hands‑on experience with red‑team operations, penetration testing, or adversary simulation
• Familiarity with embedded systems, microcontrollers, or FPGA‑based development
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, security vulnerabilities, and common attack techniques
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly in both written and verbal formats
• Demonstrated initiative through research projects, open‑source contributions, or published work
• US citizenship is required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph clearance
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph
• Experience developing or modifying offensive security tools
• Familiarity with EDR evasion concepts, covert communications, or payload staging
• Experience with hardware security research, side‑channel analysis, or hardware Trojan detection
• Background in AI/ML applied to cybersecurity (e.g., neural architecture search, AI‑assisted detection, agentic tooling)
• Exposure to reverse engineering tools such as Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or IDA Pro
• Experience with embedded debugging interfaces (JTAG, UART, SPI) or firmware modification
• Contributions to security research communities, publications, or open‑source offensive tooling
• Familiarity with cloud environments, containerization, or DevOps workflows

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