Software Engineer 2 - 23338 (FS Poly Required)

Summary

Mission Technologies, a division of HII, is focused on providing advanced technologies for national defense. They are seeking a Software Engineer 2 to lead reverse engineering tasks and develop innovative algorithms for automation in a flipped engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Candidates for this position will lead a team performing reverse engineering tasks on existing products and encoding discoveries directly into our codebase
• Additional tasks involve the research, design, and development of innovative algorithms to automate challenging or time-consuming tasks within the reverse engineering domain
• Candidates will be exposed to and become proficient with a variety of technologies involving hardware description languages, embedded instruction architectures, high-level software development languages, formal verification tools, and more

Skills

• Are a United States citizen and have an active DoD Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Poly at the time of consideration
• Have a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Have extensive experience with object-oriented programming languages (C++, Java, Python)
• Have exposure to basic logic gates and Boolean math (AND, OR)
• Have the ability to learn new skills quickly
• 2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 0 years experience with Masters in related field
• Have experience with modern C++ standards (>= C++17) and STL
• Have experience with Python
• Can demonstrate the use of design patterns
• Have developed using software development processes (Agile, TDD, etc.)
• Familiarity with Verilog or VHDL
• Have experience with FPGA design software (Quartus, ISE, Vivado, etc.)
• Have experience with software reverse engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra, etc.)
• Are proficient with source control systems (git, svn, perforce, etc.)
• Have experience with the code review process
• Have experience with binary patching
• Have experience bypassing encryption schemes (power glitching, side channel attacks, etc.)
• Have published research regarding cybersecurity, software exploitation, or reverse engineering

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Are a United States citizen and have an active DoD Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Poly at the time of consideration
• Have a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Have extensive experience with object-oriented programming languages (C++, Java, Python)
• Have exposure to basic logic gates and Boolean math (AND, OR)
• Have the ability to learn new skills quickly
• 2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 0 years experience with Masters in related field

Nice to Haves

• Have experience with modern C++ standards (>= C++17) and STL
• Have experience with Python
• Can demonstrate the use of design patterns
• Have developed using software development processes (Agile, TDD, etc.)
• Familiarity with Verilog or VHDL
• Have experience with FPGA design software (Quartus, ISE, Vivado, etc.)
• Have experience with software reverse engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra, etc.)
• Are proficient with source control systems (git, svn, perforce, etc.)
• Have experience with the code review process
• Have experience with binary patching
• Have experience bypassing encryption schemes (power glitching, side channel attacks, etc.)
• Have published research regarding cybersecurity, software exploitation, or reverse engineering