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# Cyber Hardware Reverse Engineer

- **Company:** Caci Inc
- **Location:** Sterling, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $94,400 - $198,200
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Computer Networks, Computer Engineering, Data Transmissions, Software Debugging, Linux, Device Drivers, Embedded Software, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Hardware Design, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Serial Peripheral Interface, ModelSim, Computer Equipment, Information Technology, Bare Metal, U-Boot
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9296319/cyber-hardware-reverse-engineer

## About the Role

Come be part of a unique team solving wide-ranging national security cyber and hardware challenges. Use your skills in interesting projects involving hardware reverse engineering and digital signal processing. You be involved in investigating embedded software/hardware devices, understanding digital communication implementations, analyzing embedded binaries, and investigating RF data to identify system behavior. An ideal candidate can balance multiple projects in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary, R&D environment and can work effectively individually and on a team through their excellent communication skills and technical acumen., Required:

 * An active Top Secret/SCI

 * BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering (ABET/EAC Accredited)

 * 5+ years of experience performing digital signal processing development, reverse engineering, embedded software development, and/or FPGA engineering

 * 7+ years of experience developing or reverse-engineering FPGAs using HDL (VHDL and/or Verilog) and simulation tools (e.g., Modelsim, Questasim)

 * Experience with embedded interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO

 * Experience using in-circuit debuggers and programmers, JTAG/Serial-wire (SWD)

 * Experience programming in Python, C, and/or C++

Desired:

 * Working knowledge of RF communications technologies, network communications technologies, and hardware design including radio-frequency modules and/or software defined radios

 * Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

 * Experience working with board support packages (BSP), U-Boot, and device drivers

 * Background in digital signal processing (DSP) and communication theory

 * Knowledge of processing signals

 * Software development experience in Linux and/or bare metal

## Description

* Teardown, investigate, and document embedded hardware devices/software and analyze their inherent communication implementations

 * Analyze systems and hardware devices to determine behavior and potential access vectors for exploitation

 * Investigate RF communication capabilities of hardware systems

 * Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, codes, and other artifacts

 * Create documentation outlining results of exploitation efforts