Embedded security researcher

BugSec is a multidisciplinary cybersecurity company that delivers round‑the‑clock Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring, Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services, and CYCL—our proprietary cloud‑security posture‑management solution. Within BugSec, the Research Department pushes the frontiers of low‑level Windows internals, advanced compilation and exploitation techniques, and cutting‑edge vulnerability discovery across IoT and embedded devices, transforming every breakthrough into practical, enterprise‑grade defenses for customers worldwide.

As an Embedded Security Researcher, you will be responsible for analyzing and assessing the security of embedded systems and IoT devices. Your role will involve identifying vulnerabilities through reverse-engineering and developing techniques to improve system security. You will collaborate with a team of engineers and security experts to conduct penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and firmware analysis. Your hands-on experience and expertise will help in securing devices and systems that are critical in today’s interconnected world. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in embedded systems, hardware security, and reverse engineering. 

Requirements: 

• B.Sc. in Electrical/Computer Engineering or graduate of intelligence corps courses (Talpiot, ARAM, Acham, Silan) – Advantage 

• Hands-on experience with firmware dumping (via JTAG or physical flash extraction) 

• Proficiency with serial protocols (JTAG, UART, SPI, I2C) 

• Practical knowledge of reverse-engineering tools such as IDA Pro and Ghidra 

• Debugging experience using GDB or similar debuggers 

• Soldering skills for hardware modifications and probes attachment 

• Reverse-Engineering & Static/Dynamic analysis on different architectures (ARM/MIPS/X86/X64 etc.) 

• Experience using logic analyzers for embedded system troubleshooting 

• Reversing of Embedded/IoT systems for vulnerability research and security assessment 

• At least 4 years of professional reversing experience – Strongly preferred