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# Cyber Systems Exploitation Researcher (Assoc, Fort...

- **Company:** MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- **Location:** Lexington, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Static Program Analysis, Communications Protocols, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Emulators, Firmware, Mobile Application Software, Python (Programming Language), Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Ansible, Reverse Engineering, Tcpdump, Wireshark, Virtualization Technology, WinDBg, Malware, Git, Kubernetes, Information Technology, IDA Pro, Software Version Control, Docker, Vulnerability Analysis, Vmware, Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ghc9os

## About the Role

+ MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline or BS and 3+ years of directly related experience

 + Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain a Secret level DoD security clearance. Additionally, must be eligible and willing to apply for a Top Secret SCI level DoD security clearance and be able to maintain this clearance level once obtained.

Desired Technical Skills: (Familiarity and Expertise in some)

 + Version Control Systems (Git)

 + Dissassemblers/Decompilers (Ghidra, IDAPro)

 + Debuggers (WinDbg, GDB)

 + Programming Languages (C/C++, Python)

 + Infrastructure/Container Provisioning/Orchestration Systems (Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker)

 + Network Protocol Analysis (Wireshark, Tcpdump)

 + Emulator/Virtualization Technologies (VMWare, QEMU)

 + Operating System Internals

 + Reverse Engineering of Embedded Systems Firmware, Malicious Code, Mobile Applications, and More

## Description

The Cyber System Assessments Group performs software and hardware reverse engineering, vulnerability research and discovery, and system exploitation. We develop and prototype cutting-edge capabilities for our operational partners in the U.S. government. We look for, find, and demonstrate cyber vulnerabilities so that vulnerabilities in U.S. systems can be corrected, and so that vulnerabilities in other systems are better understood. Top U.S. Government leadership relies on us for our expert guidance, and our technical role with our U.S. Government sponsors is considered essential to the success of their missions., Located onsite in Fort Meade, MD

When you join our team as a Cyber System Exploitation Researcher, you'll be contributing to the development of cyber security tools and techniques. You'll be reverse engineering and exploiting software and hardware systems important to U.S. government operations and critical to the defense of our nation. Your main areas of research will include cyber tool prototyping and technical analysis of offensive or defensive cyber tools and systems, automated vulnerability discovery, reverse engineering, software protection mechanisms, static analysis, and dynamic instrumentation. Once you're on our team, you will communicate your research to non-domain experts through your writing, public presentations, and hand-on training sessions.


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