Our client is hiring a Cyber Principal Investigator to develop cutting-edge cyber technologies with significant and immediate impact on national security. You will lead a team to create innovative security solutions You should have experience in any of the following cyber domains: cyber-related algorithm design, cyber-related software engineering, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, exploit development, implants, payloads and cyber effects. Familiarity with constraint-based search and optimization, autonomy and planning, machine learning, networking, or agent-based software design would be a plus.

You will:

• Serve as primary technical point of contact to customers and co-contractors
• Lead technical proposal development (idea generation, writing, reviewing, editing)
• Create innovative solutions to challenging cyber problems
• Lead teams to design, develop, implement, test and analyze cyber solutions

Your experience:

• Substantial experience leading technical teams on advanced R&D programs (e.g., DARPA, AFRL, ONR, ARL research projects)
• Experience developing mathematical and physics-based algorithms for constraint-based search and optimization, autonomy and planning, machine learning, networking, or agent-based software design
• Motivated collaborator and effective communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences

Education:

• PhD or MS with 5+ years of relevant experience (or BS with 10+ years of relevant experience) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity or related field

Preferred:

• Active Security Clearance at the TS level
• Experience with embedded systems and FPGAs.
• Knowledge of binary file structures and formats
• Knowledge of assembly languages (e.g., x86, ARM)
• Knowledge of operating system internals (e.g., scheduling, data structures)
• Experience with both offensive and defensive cyber tools
• Experience working with the Department of Defense (or Intelligence Community) on cyber related technology