Senior Vulnerability Researcher

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** Senior Vulnerability Researcher

K  is seeking a Senior Vulnerability Researcher to lead vulnerability discovery and validation against embedded systems and firmware. This role owns end‑to‑end vulnerability research: building emulation-backed test environments, designing fuzzing and analysis workflows, performing crash triage and root-cause analysis, and developing proof‑of‑concept exploits to validate impact in a controlled lab setting.

The Senior Vulnerability Researcher provides technical leadership, mentors engineers into defined proficiencies, and works directly with government customers to deliver reproducible findings and scalable research capability.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Lead and mentor vulnerability researchers; set technical direction and intentionally develop individual proficiencies
* Execute vulnerability research on embedded targets using asset‑safe approaches
* Build and maintain fuzzing pipelines, including target selection, harness development, seed/corpus management, and coverage-driven campaign design
* Perform crash triage, exploitability assessment, and root-cause analysis
* Develop proof‑of‑concept exploits to demonstrate vulnerability impact in controlled labs
* Create controlled test harnesses and orchestration to exercise payload delivery and validate behavior deterministically across runs
* Reverse engineer firmware/binaries as needed to understand vulnerable code paths, exploitation constraints, and exploit mechanics
* Engage customers to understand mission outcomes and shape scalable research approaches
* Produce high-quality technical reports and supporting artifacts suitable for release
** Minimum Qualifications**
* ** Security Clearance:
** Must have an active U.S. government Secret security clearance, which is something only a U.S. citizen can obtain
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* Education:

** Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
* 10+ years of experience, including at least 5 years in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or exploit development
* Strong understanding of embedded systems, firmware, operating systems, and low-level software behavior
* Proficiency in C/C++, Python, and assembly for vulnerability research, harness development, and automation
* Experience building emulation-backed analysis environments
* Demonstrated experience with coverage-guided fuzzing, harness development, and crash triage workflows
* Demonstrated ability to produce proof‑of‑concept exploits for vulnerability validation
* Demonstrated leadership, mentorship, and customer engagement experience
** Preferred Qualifications
*** Experience with hybrid fuzzing and advanced analysis techniques
* Experience scaling fuzzing or dynamic testing programs
* Experience with hardware security research
* Publications, reports, or presentations in vulnerability research or embedded security
** Basic Compensation: $142,000 - $213,000 (For Beavercreek, OH Only)
** The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
** Additional Compensation:
** K  may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of a sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

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