True Anomaly
Senior Embedded Security Engineer
$170K–$255K
Denver, CO +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Location
- Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA
Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA - Experience
- 5+ years; experience may be across embedded systems security, hardware security, or offensive security against firmware and embedded targets.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State; must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
About the job
Conduct offensive security testing of spacecraft hardware, radios, firmware, and flight software, then document findings and work with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities.
What you'll do
- Lead the hardware security lab and own security test plans for spacecraft hardware, radios, and flight software.
- Perform hardware attacks, firmware reverse engineering, protocol analysis, fuzzing, and software exploitation; assess post-exploitation impact.
- Publish reproducible findings, retest fixes, and integrate security testing into HIL/SIL infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded systems security, hardware security, or offensive security against firmware and embedded targets.
- Hands-on offensive hardware testing on real boards, including fault injection and hardware rework, plus practical attacks on embedded debug and bus interfaces.
- Experience discovering and root-causing vulnerabilities, reverse engineering firmware, building security testing tools, and analyzing wired or wireless protocols.
- Strong C/C++ skills; ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI clearance; spacecraft, satellite, or other aerospace safety-critical systems experience.
- RF or wireless security, SDR, HIL/SIL, embedded Linux build systems, space protocols, or public security research.
Pay
USD $180,000 to $255,000 base salary (Long Beach, CA); USD $170,000 to $240,000 base salary (Denver, CO)
Tools
C/C++, JTAG, SWD, UART, SPI, I2C, AFL++, libFuzzer
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