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Senior Specialist, Security Research Engineer

Job in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, 20877, USA
Listing for: L3Harris
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-05
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 111500 - 207500 USD Yearly USD 111500.00 207500.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job Title

Senior Specialist, Security Software Research Engineer

Job Code

36915

Job Location

Remote

Job Schedule

9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off.

Job Description

L3

Harris has an immediate opening for a Senior Security Software Research Engineer with our security group, Trenchant. Our teams are comprised of elite security researchers and former intelligence professionals with a fixation on realizing mission outcomes. We are pursuing top-tier senior security researching talent with experience across a host of technologies and paradigms. Our business unit offers an exceptional value proposition for individuals looking to make an impact.

Essential

Functions
  • Finding vulnerabilities in ubiquitous Internet-deployed software and/or popular devices’ software or firmware.
  • Constructing exploits for vulnerabilities discovered by yourself or your team.
  • Guiding the team's technical outcomes to measurable deliverables for the organization.
  • Training, management and provision of guidance to all levels of team members.
  • Regular interaction with managers and customer-facing staff members to field queries and questions about technical work.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance.
  • Take an active role in cross-team projects when required.
Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 6 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills
  • 5+ years of Vulnerability Research, reverse engineering, and bug-hunting.
  • Experience with static and dynamic binary analysis.
  • Experience with iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, or embedded systems kernel, user land, and internals or browser internals.
  • Experience with common tools in security research (e.g. Ida Pro, Ghidra, Radare, Binary Ninja, AFL, Sys Internals, GDB, WinDBG, etc).
  • Experience with common programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python, Swift, etc).
  • Experience with common architectures (e.g. x86/64, ARM, AARCH
    64, MIPS, Power

    PC, TILEGX, etc).
  • Experience with modern security system features, exploit mitigations, and evasion techniques (e.g. defeating ASLR, DEP, Control Flow Guard, ROP, Security Product/AV Evasion, etc).
  • Experience with a wide-range of modern exploitation concepts and techniques.
  • Experience with Computer Network Operations / Computer Network Exploitation.
  • Experience with symbolic execution and emulation software (e.g. QEMU, Corellium, VHDL, etc).
  • Cryptographic experience (e.g. side-channel attacks, implementing AES, etc).
  • Experience teaching and mentoring junior vulnerability researchers.
  • Bespoke fuzzer development experience.
Salary and Benefits

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater

D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $111,500 - $207,500. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $97,000 - $180,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3

Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company‑paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

EEO Statement

L3

Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3

Harris 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,…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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