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GTRI is searching for a junior level Software Analyst to work on the Assessments team within the Embedded System Vulnerability Division (ESVD) in the Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research (CIPHER) Lab. The Software Analyst will join an established team of experts in the reverse engineering and characterization of battlefield electronic systems. The software analyst will support assessment of software and/or firmware of embedded electronic systems that make up various subcomponents of Communications, Electronic Warfare, Avionics, and Radar Systems.
Technical personnel to be part of an established team of experts in the assessment of battlefield electronic systems. A highly motivated individual to support assessment of software and/or firmware of embedded communications systems. The candidate will perform analysis of software/firmware from embedded and PC-based systems for identification of system technical capabilities and potential vulnerabilities. The following skills/experience are highly desired: experience with a variety of microprocessor architectures and programmable logic devices, software reverse engineering, knowledge of typical encryption and authentication schemes used in wireless communications, digital communication theory, networking protocols, embedded operating systems, and embedded system programming.
- Assist in static and dynamic analysis of software/firmware components of communication systems
- Assist in development of software analysis tools to assist in the reverse engineering process
- Research communication theory concepts (such as modulation, spread spectrum, error correction coding, synchronization, etc.) and implementation methods to help in determining software functionality
- Assist in development and use of virtual and emulation environments for executing software under test
- Contribute to technical reports and presentations
- Assist in networking protocol analysis
- Perform digital forensics on computer equipment
- Participate in designing and/or testing of embedded circuit boards
- Experience programming embedded devices including one or more of the following: micro controllers, digital signal processors, and programmable logic devices including FPGAs.
- Experience with programming languages like Python, C#, C/C++
- Interest in solving puzzles and a curiosity to determine how things work
- Experience using software reverse engineering tools (IDA, Ghidra, etc.) for both static and dynamic analysis
- Experience with on-board communication interfaces such JTAG, SPI, UART, and SWD
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Active Secret Clearance
- Knowledge of networking protocols
- Experience using protocol analyzers such as Wireshark
- Experience with design and/or testing of embedded circuit boards, particularly for communications systems
- Test and instrumentation experience including soldering, use of spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, or JTAG debugging tools, etc.
- Experience with hardware debugging or reverse engineering, particularly of embedded devices
- Experience interacting with software test environments to include virtualized and emulative environments capable of executing the software under test (e.g. VMware, VirtualBox, QEMU, Unicorn)
- Experience with embedded operating systems including identifying and configuring bootloaders, kernels, program code and both static and dynamic drivers.
- Experience with developing programs running on an embedded real-time operating system such as VxWorks, QNX, μC/OS, etc.
<10% travel
This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook
- 0 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.
Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.
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