Software Engineer; AI Assisted Reverse Engineering Tooling

Overview

Big Bear.ai is seeking a Software Engineer to focus on improving the tools and workflows used by reverse engineers. This role involves enabling automation and AI-assisted capabilities for reverse engineering tasks, with a focus on binary analysis, disassembly, and workflow optimization for complex software and device platforms. If you are passionate about reverse engineering, automation, and leveraging AI to solve challenging problems, this is the opportunity for you.

• Tooling Enhancements: Design and implement tooling enhancements to support reverse engineering workflows
• Tool Integration: Extend or integrate reverse engineering tools such asIDA Proand Ghidra
• Automation Development: Develop automation for common reverse engineering tasks, including analysis and documentation
• AI-Assisted Techniques: Apply AI-assisted techniques to binary analysis, annotation, and pattern identification
• Reverse Engineering: Support reverse engineering of Linux-based network devicesandembedded platforms
• Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and address real-world reverse engineering challenges

• Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active TS/SCI w /Polygraph
• Education & Experience:
  • 12 years of experience with  a technical discipline or4 additional years of experience in place of a degree
• Technical Expertise:
  • Hands-on experience with reverse engineering tools such asIDA Proor Ghidra
  • Experience with AI- or LLM-powered developer tools, including chat-based interfaces or automated coding agents
  • Strong understanding of low-level software concepts (e.g.,assembly, binaries, memory, calling conventions)
  • Experience developing software tools, scripts, or plugins to support analysis workflows
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language commonly used in reverse engineering workflows

• Reverse Engineering Expertise: Experience reverse engineering
  
  Linux-based network devicesorembedded systems
• Firmware Analysis: Familiarity with firmware analysis, bootloaders, and networking protocols
• Automation & AI: Experience applying automation or AI techniques to reverse engineering tasks
• Scripting
  
  Skills:
  
  Knowledge of Pythonor similar scripting languages used in reverse engineering tooling

Big Bear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Big Bear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and follow Big Bear.ai

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