What are the responsibilities and job description for the Embedded Hardware Hacker position at Kudu Dynamics?
Embedded Hardware Hacker - Job Description
Who We Are:
Kudu Dynamics is a 100% employee-owned company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer networks and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers, engineers, makers, and shakers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and build the next generation of capabilities.
Job Description:
We need help on a new project researching and developing capabilities at the intersection of hardware devices and signal processing. The Embedded Hardware Hacker will contribute to the design and implementation of lab-based experiments so we can research physical phenomena, will be responsible for reverse engineering firmware and embedded systems, will perform analysis of experimental results to refine capabilities based on those results, and may design and implement custom hardware to generate desired signals based on experimental results. This role calls for the creative application of multiple skill sets in a small, agile team that is working to develop and deliver advanced capabilities to our Sponsors.
Responsibilities
Who We Are:
Kudu Dynamics is a 100% employee-owned company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer networks and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers, engineers, makers, and shakers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and build the next generation of capabilities.
Job Description:
We need help on a new project researching and developing capabilities at the intersection of hardware devices and signal processing. The Embedded Hardware Hacker will contribute to the design and implementation of lab-based experiments so we can research physical phenomena, will be responsible for reverse engineering firmware and embedded systems, will perform analysis of experimental results to refine capabilities based on those results, and may design and implement custom hardware to generate desired signals based on experimental results. This role calls for the creative application of multiple skill sets in a small, agile team that is working to develop and deliver advanced capabilities to our Sponsors.
Responsibilities
- Conducting lab-based experiments on embedded devices
- Detailed analysis of embedded hardware architectures
- Developing embedded software and firmware to integrate sensors/devices with custom test harnesses
- Scripting test automation and signals analysis tools
- Critically analyzing, interpreting, and communicating experimental results
- Developing reliable software toolchains to reproduce observed effects
- Developing custom hardware to generate desired signals
Qualifications:
- Degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, math/physics, or equivalent hands-on experience
- Candidate should be comfortable in C/C and Python
- Candidate should be familiar with common embedded communications interfaces such as SPI, I2C, etc. as well as debugging techniques
- Familiarity with diagnostic equipment/instrumentation (such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, function generators, etc)
- Familiarity with bare-metal programming on embedded systems
- Understanding of digital and analog circuits
- Creativity and motivation
Nice to Have Qualification:
- Knowledge of software vulnerability classes, vulnerability research techniques
- Experience with hardware or software reverse engineering
- Familiarity with the design and/or implementation of hardware front ends for observing and generating real-world signals
Benefits:
- Equity at a company that is doing dynamic, fun, meaningful, and interesting work.
- A flexible work schedule, with the option to work remotely most days, if that’s your style.
- Your own yearly discretionary budget to buy the things that make you happy.
- In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer premium healthcare options, 401k matching, and an annual pass to a swim in the bonus pool. We also offer four weeks of paid time off and 11 federal holidays to utilize whenever you want throughout the year.
- Awesome, enthusiastic co-workers and a company culture that promotes a jerk- free environment. Rattle the windows with the company band, participate in board game or movie nights, and help balance out the scotch vs. bourbon ratio in the office.
Kudu provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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