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Embedded Exploitation Engineer

ur techWashington, DCMay 17th, 2026
What You'll Do+Identify and exploit vulnerabilities in embedded systems, IoT devices, and real-time operating systems.+Reverse engineer firmware to map attack surfaces, discover bugs, and develop reliable exploits.+Build scalable tooling for automated vulnerability discovery across diverse embedded platforms.+Research novel attack techniques against constrained environments and proprietary protocols.Requirements+Strong reverse engineering experience with embedded firmware and bare-metal systems.+Proven vulnerability research experience: CVEs, advisories, or offensive work on embedded targets.+Deep understanding of ARM, MIPS, or other embedded architectures.+Proficiency with hardware debugging (JTAG, UART, SPI/I2C) and firmware extraction.+Strong C/C++ skills for low-level exploit development.Nice to Have+Experience with RTOS platforms: VxWorks, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, QNX.+Proficiency with Ghidra, IDA, Binwalk, and custom analysis frameworks.+Experience with protocol reverse engineering (Zigbee, BLE, proprietary RF).+Familiarity with supply chain security and hardware implant research.+Experience building with LLMs and AI agents.+Published research or conference presentations on embedded security.You Are+Clearly interested in stepping away from purely manual research and moving toward the development of AI systems.+Building something massive matters more to you than comfort, titles, or predictability.+You want to be early at a company that will change an industry, and you're ready to do what that actually takes.

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