L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title: Senior Security Software Research Engineer Job Location: Australia, Remote Job Description: L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Sr Security Software Research Engineer with our security group, Trenchant. Our teams are comprised of elite security researchers and former intelligence professionals with a fixation on realizing mission outcomes. We are pursuing top-tier senior security researching talent with experience across a host of technologies and paradigms. Our business unit offers an exceptional value-proposition for individuals looking to make an impact. Trenchant's expertise is the by-product of the L3Harris acquisition of two highly-regarded information security businesses - Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs. United under Trenchant, we are a key component of L3Harris' Intelligence and Cyber International Division. We are a trusted, discrete partner furnishing security products, consultancy, training and integration services to allied security, defense, and law enforcement agencies. Essential Functions: Finding vulnerabilities in ubiquitous Internet-deployed software and/or popular devices' software or firmware. Constructing exploits for vulnerabilities discovered by yourself or your team. Guiding the teams technical outcomes to measurable deliverables for the organisation. Training, management and provision of guidance to all levels of team members. Regular interaction with managers and customer-facing staff members to field queries and questions about technical work. Take an active role in cross-team projects when required. Qualifications: 3 years of Vulnerability Research, reverse engineering, and bug-hunting. Experience with static and dynamic binary analysis. Experience with iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, or embedded systems kernel, user land, and internals or browser internals. Experience with common tools in security research (e.g. IdaPro, Ghidra, Radare, Binary Ninja, AFL, SysInternals, GDB, WinDBG, etc). Experience with common programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python, Swift, etc). Experience with common architectures (e.g. x86/64, ARM, AARCH64, MIPS, PowerPC, TILEGX, etc). Experience with modern security system features, exploit mitigations, and evasion techniques (e.g. defeating ASLR, DEP, Control Flow Guard, ROP, Security Product/AV Evasion, etc). Experience with a wide-range of modern exploitation concepts and techniques. Preferred Additional Skills: Experience with Computer Network Operations / Computer Network Exploitation. Experience with symbolic execution and emulation software (e.g. QEMU, Corellium, VHDL, etc). Cryptographic experience (e.g. side-channel attacks, implementing AES, etc). Experience teaching and mentoring junior vulnerability researchers. Bespoke fuzzer development experience. A few of our employee benefits are: Bonus scheme An additional week of leave per annum plus the option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave. Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years) Flexible working hours and patterns depending on location Discounted private health insurance Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover Novated Car Leasing Company supported professional development programs Company paid parking Retail Reward programs Important to know Due to the nature of our work many our roles require an Australian citizenship and will require the successful candidate to successfully apply and hold an Australian Defence Security Clearance and/or be assessed to work with ITAR information. Please answer the pre-screening questions upon applying for this assessment. 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All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.