# Lead Software Reverse Engineer

STR is hiring aLead Software Reverse Engineer who has a passion for research and analysis of vulnerabilities in cyber physical systems. Work must be performed onsite. What you’ll do: Reverse engineering complex software or firmware targets, ranging from typical Windows/Linux binaries to embedded firmware running non-traditional computer architectures and operating systems Developing and applying automated reverse engineering and binary analysis tools to characterize protocols, interfaces, and functionality of target systems Developing innovative cybersecurity solutions Working in multi-discipline teams to tackle challenging problems from a wide variety of technologies to develop innovative cybersecurity solutions Performing vulnerability weaponization, exploit development, payload development, and exploit mitigation on a variety of challenging targets Documenting, demonstrating, and presenting research Solving real world problems that have an impact on national security Who you are: This position requires an Active Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. Government Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or r

- **Id**: 3644368
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/systems-and-technology-research-lead-software-reverse-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Woburn, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T17:47:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T03:28:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4826
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Cyber Warfare, Information Security, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 5401
- **Name**: Systems and Technology Research
- **Domain**: str.us
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/str>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.564
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 157000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 230000

## Technologies

- **Binary Ninja** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Ghidra** — Optional: no
- **IDA Pro** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **Assembly** — Optional: yes
- **QEMU** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T22:18:35Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 230000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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