Hardware Reverse Engineer

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Overview of Opportunity 

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer in Herndon, Virginia to pioneer security research across advanced embedded systems and high-speed architectures. In this hands-on role, you will deconstruct cutting-edge hardware, extract low-level firmware, and uncover critical vulnerabilities alongside top-tier security researchers. Your work will directly empower our national security partners by solving some of the defense sector's most complex technical challenges. If you are driven to tear down complex electronics and push the boundaries of hardware security, join our team and make an immediate mission impact today. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Reverse engineer and analyze complex embedded systems designs to identify functional behaviors and facilitate deeper vulnerability analysis.
• Identify and exploit key system components, including communication channels and firmware memory.
• Conduct vulnerability research on hardened systems and architectures.
• Draft technical reports related to the function, characteristics, and any potential vulnerabilities of the assessed hardware and firmware.
• Rapidly prototype innovative technologies to analyze and exploit target systems.
• Reconstruct schematics from physical boards and develop hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments to test and emulate device behavior
• Conduct protocol and signals analysis utilizing oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and logic analyzers.
• Contribute to a diverse range of research and development projects focused on embedded system security.
• Isolate areas of interest in complex systems with precision and efficiency.

What you will have(Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related scientific field OR 5+ years of experience in the embedded security industry.

• Extensive hands-on experience with the following:

• Experience developing on embedded systems such as high-speed data devices or system-on-modules.

• Experience analyzing and reverse engineering binaries (x86/ARM/AVR)

• Extracting embedded systems firmware from memory.