Hardware Engineer - Top Secret

About the Role

The position supports U.S. government customers worldwide and operates within a culture of excellence, close‑knit teams, and a commitment to protecting the nation’s most critical assets. • Reverse engineer electronic circuits, embedded devices, and complex systems. • Identify and exploit hardware vulnerabilities. • Conduct hardware failure analysis and develop repair methods to extract data. • Perform advanced hardware exploitation, bypassing encryption and lock mechanisms. • Analyze and organize raw binary data retrieved from hardware components. • Capture and analyze wired and wireless network traffic using Wireshark or similar tools. • Design, develop, and test printed circuit board projects. • Work with system-level buses and interfaces (I2C, USB, JTAG, HID, etc.). • Use test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and hardware debuggers. • Program and configure low-level processors (assembly level).

Key Responsibilities

• ▸reverse engineering
• ▸vulnerability exploitation
• ▸failure analysis
• ▸traffic capture
• ▸pcb design
• ▸test equipment

What You Bring

Candidates should possess relevant education or experience, a security clearance, and a passion for advancing hardware technology in a dynamic environment. • Minimum 2 years experience in hardware design and layout. • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience. • Maintain an active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI.

Requirements

• ▸2 years
• ▸hardware design
• ▸bs degree
• ▸computer engineering
• ▸top secret
• ▸sci clearance

Benefits

Parsons offers a career where you can thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself, guided by leadership that values people, embraces agility, and fosters growth. Parsons provides a salary range of $72,900 to $127,600, promotes employee wellbeing, offers unlimited growth opportunities, and is an equal‑opportunity employer.

Work Environment

Onsite