Software Engineer

Company: Kudu Dynamics
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 5, 2025

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.Join a growing team of security researchers and software engineers as we transition a state-of-the-art IoT security solution from the lab to multiple customers.Full Job Description:We are looking for someone to join us on a new project developing an innovative set of tools to retrofit network infrastructure with integrity enforcement to provide additional system resilience. The role incorporates main focus areas in network device firmware reverse engineering, analysis platform software development, architecture and system emulation, and embedded software engineering. This role will be part of a team split between Kudu's Ohio and Virginia offices looking to demonstrate capabilities to our Sponsors. The role will be filled with someone able to apply multiple skill sets and reach a prototype software deployment at the conclusion of the effort.Responsibilities Include:

• Reverse engineering network devices and network device firmware
• Conducting experiments on network systems and constructing network traffic to evaluate discrete network operations
• Strengthening network devices with custom mitigation techniques to discover and halt cyber kill-chain activities
• Critically analyzing, interpreting, and communicating results and providing recommendations for future improvement efforts
• Developing tools to analyze network device operation and deploy protection countermeasures
• Developing tools to analyze firmware, extract relevant information, and process artifacts for further processingMinimum Qualifications:
  • Experience with one or more assembly languages (PowerPC, x86/x64, MIPS, ARM, etc)
  • Experience with software development and testing in Python, C/C++, Rust, etc
  • Experience with one or more disassemblers (Ghidra, IDA, Binary Ninja, etc)
  • Experience with modern exploitation techniques and mitigations (ASLR, DEP/NX, etc)
  • Experience analyzing network traffic and protocolsNice-to-have Qualifications:
    • Experience with hardware and firmware reverse engineering
    • Experience with real-time embedded operating systems
    • Experience with platforms performing automated vulnerability analysis
    • Experience working with JTAG and hardware interfaces to introspect system operations
    • Experience building or customizing emulation platforms for non-x86/x64 architecturesKudu 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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