twosixtechnologies
Principal Vulnerability Researcher
At a Glance
- Location
- Herndon, Virginia, United States
- Work Regime
- onsite
- Posted
- 2026-08-04T15:54:10-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Education
- Embedded Systems
- Engineering
- Insurance
- Medical
Benefits & Perks
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Requirements
Extensive experience developing, debugging, and scripting in C/C++ and Python within Linux command-line environments, with a strong emphasis on low-level programming, memory management, and system interaction for reverse engineering and vulnerability research
Experience with reverse engineering and vulnerability research, using tools such as IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra
Firmware analysis (ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, RTOS)
Firmware rehosting using emulation tools such as QEMU
Fuzzing and exploit development
Binary obfuscation and anti-analysis techniques
Responsibilities
Perform vulnerability research on complex embedded systems
Take on complex technical problems for which there is often no known answer
Develop tools and techniques to assist/automate tasks that traditionally require significant manual reverse engineering effort
Follow-on development to productize results/PoCs or handoff to developers for productization
Provide technical leadership and direction on novel research projects, and interface directly with clients/key stakeholders to present findings and determine program direction