Peraton · 1 day ago
Mobile Reverse Engineer
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence across the globe. The Mobile Reverse Engineer role involves conducting software exploitation, reverse engineering malicious code, and supporting technical exploitation operations for mobile applications.
Information TechnologyRobotics
Responsibilities
Requirements: Mobile Software Reverse Engineering (with support to development and malware analysis efforts)
Conduct software exploitation against applications, middleware, operating systems (OS) user interface, OS drivers/runtimes, firmware and other binary data:
Working experience in software engineering and related technologies. Experience in sizing and scoping, in design, implementation and delivery of mobile application solutions using iOS and/or Android development environments
Provide malicious code reverse engineering to isolate, review, analyze, and reverse-engineer potentially malicious programs recovered from compromised computer systems and networks
Research new trends, techniques, and packaging of malicious software to stay current and ready to identify and handle zero-day exploits
Research behavior of binaries and share detailed understanding of how apps behave at memory/register level in support of technical exploitation operations
Support efforts to design, prototype, document, test, conduct exploitation automation and transition code analysis methods and tools specific to technical exploitation operations
Qualification
Required
Mobile Software Reverse Engineering (with support to development and malware analysis efforts)
Conduct software exploitation against applications, middleware, operating systems (OS) user interface, OS drivers/runtimes, firmware and other binary data
Working experience in software engineering and related technologies
Experience in sizing and scoping, in design, implementation and delivery of mobile application solutions using iOS and/or Android development environments
Provide malicious code reverse engineering to isolate, review, analyze, and reverse-engineer potentially malicious programs recovered from compromised computer systems and networks
Research new trends, techniques, and packaging of malicious software to stay current and ready to identify and handle zero-day exploits
Research behavior of binaries and share detailed understanding of how apps behave at memory/register level in support of technical exploitation operations
Support efforts to design, prototype, document, test, conduct exploitation automation and transition code analysis methods and tools specific to technical exploitation operations
Experience with Windows, Linux, Android, OS X, and iOS operating system & architecture
Experience in computer or cell phone architecture, system internals, operating systems, and/or boot process software engineering
Experience with static analysis tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra and Binary Ninja
Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg
Experience with virtualization, sandboxing, and emulation tools like VMware, KVM, QEMU and others
Working knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, .NET, Python, Java, etc
Debug mobile applications' memory and performance issues
Active TS/SCI with Poly required
7 years with AS/AA; 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD
Bachelor's degree in one of these fields is highly desired: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering
Four years of additional experience can be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree
Preferred
Experience requiring a deep knowledge of Android and a strong passion in mobile industry and mobile development
Experience developing/designing mobile phone platforms highly desired
Experience in wireless API's (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) preferred
Engineer software scripts in C, C++, and Java with emphasis on prototyping and API extraction
DoD 8570 Compliant, active IAT Level II certification
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Health savings account
Short/long term disability
EAP
Parental leave
401(k)
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
Company paid holidays
Company
Peraton
Peraton Fearlessly solving the toughest national security challenges.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
2025-09-25
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