Lead Vulnerability Researcher ($285k+/year + Sign-On Bonus)

A lead vulnerability researcher in Two Six Technologies' Trusted Electronics and Effects unit, guiding research for government customers into weaknesses in hardware and software as well as in people, supply logistics, procedures and physical protections. The researcher reverse engineers embedded systems, reviews source code, writes proof-of-concept exploits, assesses how flaws affect missions, compares attack techniques and proposes countermeasures, and reports and briefs on real and potential attacks, while prioritising investigations, reviewing methods and mentoring junior staff.

Two Six asks for a degree plus four to ten years of relevant experience depending on level, C, C++ and Python with at least one instruction set, and hands-on use of decompilers, fuzzers or emulators and debuggers. An active TS/SCI with polygraph is required, with regular on-site work at the customer site in Linthicum, Maryland.