Electrical Engineer

Nightwing is supporting a United States Government customer to provide onsite incident response for civilian government agencies and critical asset owners experiencing cyber‑attacks. The role involves conducting investigations, characterizing breach severity, and developing mitigation plans.

• Lead the technical design and setup of the Chip‑Off Forensics Lab infrastructure at a government facility.
• Provide expert guidance on chip extraction, PCB analysis, and hardware‑level forensics.
• Develop and document chip‑off forensic workflows and standard operating procedures.
• Conduct forensic analysis of compromised network‑edge devices and embedded systems.
• Perform circuit board reverse engineering and component identification.
• Extract and analyze data from flash memory, EEPROM, and other storage components.
• Design and implement safe chip removal and data recovery procedures.
• Specify and procure laboratory equipment and forensic tools.
• Collaborate with Nightwing SMEs on hardware and skillset requirements.
• Train CSD analysts on chip‑off forensics techniques and procedures.
• Conduct lab demonstrations showcasing chip‑off capabilities.
• Analyze proprietary hardware systems targeted by threat actors.
• Support forensic investigations where EDR solutions are absent or insufficient.
• Document technical findings and forensic methodologies.
• Provide reach‑back support and technical consultation to analysts.

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 10+ years of experience in electrical engineering or hardware design.
• Expert knowledge of PCB design, circuit analysis, and digital electronics.
• Strong experience with chip extraction and hardware forensics techniques.
• Proficiency with electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters).
• Understanding of embedded systems architecture and memory technologies.
• Experience with microcontrollers, SoCs, and embedded processor platforms.
• Knowledge of data recovery from damaged or protected storage devices.
• Strong soldering and desoldering skills to access memory chips and other critical hardware.
• Experience with reverse engineering proprietary hardware systems.
• Excellent documentation and technical writing abilities.

• Experience supporting federal cybersecurity or forensics programs.
• Background in digital forensics or incident response.
• Knowledge of firmware analysis and reverse engineering.
• Experience with network‑edge device security and vulnerabilities.
• Familiarity with JTAG, SPI, I2C, and other hardware debugging interfaces.
• Understanding of IoT and OT device architectures.
• Experience training technical personnel on forensics methodologies.
• Knowledge of malware embedded in hardware or firmware.
• Familiarity with EDR limitations in embedded device environments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• Master’s degree or PhD preferred.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent advanced certification preferred.
• PMP.
• DoD 8140.01 IAT Level III (Syndeo: ESS‑3419).

The salary for this position ranges from $122,000 to $253,000, commensurate with qualifications, experience, and expertise. Nightwing offers medical, vision, and dental insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, holidays, and additional insurances.

Nightwing is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.