Cyber Software Test Engineer
Quick Summary
This position involves testing of developed solutions to national security threats with products that may involve kernel development, reverse engineering,
Basic Qualifications for Cyber Software Test Engineer Level (level 2): Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering w
Come join Northrop Grumman – Xetron, part of the Mission Systems sector, where we develop new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. At Xetron we design systems that only science fiction writers could imagine, because they’re that cool!
Responsibilities
~1 min readThis position involves testing of developed solutions to national security threats with products that may involve kernel development, reverse engineering, or vulnerability research of network and communication systems. The position requires solid software development skills and test capabilities, including familiarity with scripting languages. Knowledge of computer networking, modern software development environments, embedded programming, automated software testing tools and software configuration management tools is a plus.
You may be helping review system requirements. You will be testing Software to ensure it meets system requirements both manually and with automated scripts to conduct testing. And you may be involved in writing software test procedures and writing automated scripts, and verification and validation testing with guidance.
This position can be filled at the Level Engineer or Principal Engineer level:
Requirements
~3 min read:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering with 5 years relevant work experience; or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering with 3 years relevant work experience; or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering with 1-year relevant work experience.
- Programming and automation experience in Python with debugging and/or system analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, WinDBG, JTAG debuggers.)
- Must be willing to work full-time onsite in Cincinnati, OH.
- US Citizenship required.
- Must have an active Secret clearance or higher with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance.
- Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
- Experience as Technical Lead leading teams of 2-8 engineers.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in software development to include any of the following: kernel mode, embedded, command and control, web applications, network applications.
- Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle.)
- Familiarity with Assembly Languages (e.g., x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM.)
- Experience with vulnerability research on one or more operating systems (Android, IOS, Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Experience with emulation (Renode, QEMU, etc.)
- Experience with reverse engineering compiled binaries using industry-standard tools such as Ghidra or IDA Pro.
- OS Internals experience.
- Development of lower-level networking protocols such as TCP/IP and UDP.
- Understanding of return-oriented programming (ROP) concepts and execution.
- Ability to understand secure / insecure programming concepts (format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows, etc.)
- Familiarity with modern source control platforms (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab) and CI/CD workflows using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
- Experience with the Agile methodology.
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $91,800–$137,600 a year
- 13% below the $132,300 median for Qa Engineer jobs on Jobera (644 salaries).
- Posted
- 1 day ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 23, 2026
- First seen
- October 23, 2026
- Last seen
- October 23, 2026
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