Senior Embedded Security Software Engineer
Two Six Technologies · Fort Meade, MD
$128,873–$193,310
Jul 10, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on reverse engineering and forward development of wireless and embedded systems for government customers, working daily at a site in the Linthicum, Maryland area. Day-to-day work involves binary and file system analysis, firmware rehosting within emulation environments, and translating reverse engineering findings into functional software. It suits engineers with hands-on experience in C/C++, Python, Ghidra or similar tools, and QEMU, who hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $128,873–$193,310
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $141,954 (middle half $107,994–$205,328). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The role is primarily firmware reverse engineering and forward development within emulation environments — it sits at the boundary of security research and embedded software development. 15-1252 (Software Developers) is chosen as the primary code given the emphasis on writing and modifying low-level software; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a reasonable runner-up given the heavy reverse-engineering focus.
An active TS/SCI clearance WITH polygraph is explicitly required as a hard gate. The posting lists this under both the required and preferred sections, but the required-section statement is the operative one.
The role requires daily on-site presence at the customer site in the Linthicum, MD / Fort Meade area; fully remote work is not available.
Ghidra is named first and most prominently in the required tooling section; IDA Pro and Binary Ninja are listed as alternatives ('such as'), so they are captured in the alternatives array for that skill.
DevOps best practices and software protection mechanisms appear under the 'Nice to have' section alongside binary fuzzing; only binary fuzzing is a concrete named tool/technique and is captured as preferred. The broader DevOps/protection framing is omitted as it names no specific technology.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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