Cyber Software Engineer at Leidos in Remote

Summary: Leidos is seeking a motivated Cyber Software Engineer with strong foundations in offensive cyber and low-level engineering. The role involves contributing to the design, development, and prototyping of advanced cyber capabilities targeting modern computing environments and embedded systems. Responsibilities: - Contribute to offensive cyber research initiatives, including vulnerability exploration, capability prototyping, and analysis of modern and embedded systems - Develop and maintain offensive security tools, red-team automation frameworks, and mission-oriented software components - Support reverse engineering tasks across binaries, firmware, and hardware-adjacent systems to understand behavior, identify weaknesses, and inform capability development - Assist in designing and evaluating evasion-resistant payloads, covert communication mechanisms, and persistence techniques for realistic adversary simulation - Prototype automation and AI-driven approaches for reconnaissance, decision-making, and red-team workflow acceleration - Analyze adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to support realistic threat emulation and capability design - Collaborate with other engineers, hardware researchers, and mission teams to integrate software, embedded, and AI-driven components into cohesive research prototypes - Document research findings, prototype behavior, and operational concepts for technical and operational audiences - Participate in internal red-team exercises, capability evaluations, and iterative testing cycles to refine tools and methodologies - Stay current with emerging offensive techniques, hardware-assisted attack vectors, and adversarial AI research trends Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field. Degree must be completed by start date - Strong programming experience in C/C++ and Python, with demonstrated ability to build offensive tooling or low‑level software - Experience with reverse engineering fundamentals, including firmware analysis, hardware interfaces, or binary inspection - Hands‑on experience with red‑team operations, penetration testing, or adversary simulation - Familiarity with embedded systems, microcontrollers, or FPGA‑based development - Understanding of networking fundamentals, security vulnerabilities, and common attack techniques - Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly in both written and verbal formats - Demonstrated initiative through research projects, open‑source contributions, or published work - US citizenship is required - Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph clearance Preferred Qualifications: - Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph - Experience developing or modifying offensive security tools - Familiarity with EDR evasion concepts, covert communications, or payload staging - Experience with hardware security research, side‑channel analysis, or hardware Trojan detection - Background in AI/ML applied to cybersecurity (e.g., neural architecture search, AI‑assisted detection, agentic tooling) - Exposure to reverse engineering tools such as Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or IDA Pro - Experience with embedded debugging interfaces (JTAG, UART, SPI) or firmware modification - Contributions to security research communities, publications, or open‑source offensive tooling - Familiarity with cloud environments, containerization, or DevOps workflows Required Skills: C/C++ programming, Python programming, Offensive tooling development, Low-level software development, Reverse engineering, Firmware analysis, Hardware interfaces, Binary inspection, Red-team operations, Penetration testing, Adversary simulation, Embedded systems, Microcontrollers, FPGA development, Networking fundamentals, Security vulnerabilities, Attack techniques, Polygraph clearance