Scientist, Security Research Engineer TS/SCI - Herndon, VA or Palm Bay, FL
Herndon, Virginia; Palm Bay, Florida
Job ID 12957L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Senior Sec Research Engrg
Job Code: 12957
Job Location: Herndon, VA; Palm Bay, FL
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description:
As a L3Harris Senior Principal Cyber Engineer for L3Harris, you will lead multiple teams in support of cyber software capabilities development, integration, and testing in multiple disciplines including vulnerability research, embedded systems reverse engineering, CNO/CNE development, hardware emulation, system engineering, and data analytics.
In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and driving technical resolution to issues in a broad range of technologies (e.g., Linux, Windows, Virtualization\Hypervisors, Mobile, and Embedded\IoT systems), provide technical guidance to the program, and influence requirements and design of cyber capabilities.
Essential Functions:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or related technical field, with a minimum 10-year Vulnerability Research/Reverse Engineering, or Cyber Software Development experience
- Experience with AGILE software development concepts and processes.
- Experience with IDA Pro, Ghidra, or similar binary analysis tools.
- Experience in writing, testing, and debugging Assembly, C, C++ and/or Python code.
- Understanding of telecommunications systems concepts and signal processing fundamentals
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP stacks, wire-level protocols, RF communications, BGP, routing protocols, or others)
- Understanding of cyberspace CONOPS
- Experience with Commercial and open-source forensic analysis tools.
- Experience in embedded system analysis.
- Work is 100% on-site and cannot be accomplished remotely.
Leadership Skills:
- Ability to build effective relationships, energize teams, deliver results, and model ethical behavior.
- Ability to foster strong partnerships and collaboration with customers and communities of interest.
- Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation) including an ability to prepare and present concise oral and written reports, briefings, updates, and other documentation, and represent L3Harris on significant program matters.
- Experience working with customers, end users, hardware design teams, and software design teams.
- Experience with interacting and or leading AGILE development teams.
- Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems in all phases of the system lifecycle.
- Experience with Systems Integration, test execution, and test results documentation.
- Experience formalizing, developing, and writing requirements, plans, and procedures based on customer discussions, briefings, interactions, and statements of work.
Qualifications:
- Education:
- Top Secret/SCI security clearance required.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience with RF or Telecommunications standards and processing techniques.
- Experience with Design, Development, Integration and Test of complex Communication systems.
- Experience in developing high speed processing hardware or complex control software.
- Experience utilizing full system emulation for research and analysis.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
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