Cyber Physical Engineer

We are seeking a Cyber Physical Engineer role spanning software and hardware reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and custom tool development.

Attic Research is a small business developing advanced capabilities in modeling and simulation, system reverse engineering, and cyber vulnerability research.

This role is built for an engineer who moves between software and hardware without waiting for a handoff. You'll reverse engineer complex systems, find what's exploitable, build the tools that make that work possible, and turn what we learn into capabilities that matter. We're looking for someone as comfortable in a disassembler as they are with a logic analyzer.

It isn't a specialist role carved into a narrow slice. You'll move between software reverse engineering, vulnerability research, tool development, and hands-on hardware. Multi-disciplinary range is the baseline here. A background that spans hardware, software, RF, signal processing, or anywhere else on the engineering map is a feature, not a footnote.

• Software reverse engineering and vulnerability research on complex, non-traditional systems
• Custom hardware and software tooling to accelerate and automate the analysis workflow
• Firmware rehosting and analysis inside high-fidelity, QEMU-based emulation environments
• Operating at the lowest levels of software and hardware, often without a reference to work from

• Demonstrated experience in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, embedded systems, or adjacent cyber-focused work
• Proficiency with Python and C/C++
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

• Working experience with QEMU, Ghidra, IDA Pro, GDB, x64dbg, or comparable analysis tooling
• Experience with CPU emulation, binary instrumentation, or system modeling
• Firmware reverse engineering on multiple instruction set architectures
• Exposure to fault injection, side-channel analysis, or RF and signal processing
• Fluency with hardware: schematic reading, debug interfaces (JTAG, SWD, UART, SPI, I2C), and bench instrumentation
• Open source contributions, CTFs, conference talks, or published research

We’re a fast-moving startup team, not a large defense contractor. That means your contributions will matter, your ideas will be heard, and you’ll see the results of your work. You’ll have opportunities to work alongside an awesome team, venture into new technical areas, and grow your career.

We want to work with people who are motivated by solving hard problems, aren't afraid to think outside the box, and have a non-stop desire to keep learning. We are proud to offer some of the best benefits in the industry to attract and retain top talent.

• 10% 401k contribution (fully vested on Day
  1)
• 100% employer paid healthcare, dental, and vision
• 100% employer paid short-term, long-term disability
• Company paid access to conferences (DEFCON, Black Hat, and more)