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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Integrated Cyber Exploitation Researcher (Fort Meade, MD) - **Company:** MIT Lincoln Laboratory - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $145,200.0 - $170,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Static Program Analysis, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Emulators, Firmware, Data-Flow Analysis, Mobile Application Software, Python (Programming Language), Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Ansible, Reverse Engineering, Tcpdump, Wireshark, Virtualization Technology, WinDBg, Malware, Git, Kubernetes, Information Technology, IDA Pro, Cyber Warfare, Software Version Control, Docker, Vulnerability Analysis, Vmware, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/85761781/1 ## About the Role * PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline or MS and 3+ years of directly related experienceor BS and 7+ years of related experience * Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must possess a current Top-Secret SCI level DoD security clearance.Preference will be given to candidates with a completed full scope polygraph ## 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., From the MIT Lincoln Laboratory field office in Annapolis Junction, MD, you will be immersed in the missions of key government sponsors. We provide support across the full lifecycle of offensive cyber operations, from the reverse engineering and exploitation of software and hardware systems to providing technical subject matter expertise to operational planners. Your main areas of research will include cyber tool prototyping, technical analysis of offensive cyber tools, automated vulnerability discovery, reverse engineering, 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. Our field site positions in particular offer an opportunity to engage directly with our sponsors as trusted subject matter experts and shape key decisions in the defense of our nation., * 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 * Vulnerability Assessment * Statistics and Metrics * SAT/SMT Solvers * Symbolic Execution * Data-flow Analysis for Compiled Binaries * Binary Intermediate Representations * Binary Translation * Compiler Construction * Anti-debugging/Anti-instrumentation Techniques * Network and Host Security Products ## Related Videos - [Cyber Sleuth: Finding Hidden Connections in Cyber Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/893-cyber-sleuth-finding-hidden-connections-in-cyber-data) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [Generating code with Angular schematics](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/129-generating-code-with-angular-schematics) ## Related Articles - [9 Ways to Make Money Hacking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/333-9-ways-to-make-money-hacking) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Dev Digest 138 - Are you secure about this?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/486-dev-digest-138-are-you-secure-about-this) - [Dev Digest 191: Malware interviews, EU ❤️ Open Source and Skilled Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/645-dev-digest-191-malware-interviews-eu-open-source-and-skilled-agents) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)