Date Posted:
2026-06-05
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-MD-COLUMBIA-720 ~ 9861 Broken Land Pkwy ~ BBN COLUMBIA, Ste 400
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Security Clearance Type:
DoD Clearance: Top Secret
Security Clearance Status:
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
Role Overview:
BBN is looking for creative, entrepreneurial, and highly motivated, scientists, engineers, and developers who want to create, contribute to, and grow cutting-edge research projects for offensive and defensive cyber and EW operations.
What You Will Do:
- Develop next-generation cyber capabilities
- Create or investigate new types of cyber physical systems
- Develop exploits, implants, payloads, and communication stacks based on extensive reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and software development
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to solve challenging problems and deliver actionable results
- Operationalize software through extensive testing, documentation, and integration with other systems
- Participate in laboratory and field tests to collect and analyze data, test new capabilities, and perform demonstrations
- Overnight travel required for certain projects
What You Will Gain:
- A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D
- A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research
- A diverse and technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine our vision and strategy
- Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support
- Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition capabilities and ultimately see it fielded
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics and minimum 2 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field
- Programming skills using one or more of: C/C++ or Python
- Experience with some assembly language (x86/64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, etc.)
- Reverse engineering skills using a tool such as IDA/Ghidra/BinaryNinja.
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, wire-level protocols, BGP, RF communications, etc.)
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Capture the Flag (CTF) experience
- OS kernel development experience (e.g., Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android)
- Network programming skills
- Hardware emulation experience
- Working knowledge of RF signal processing and algorithm development
- Hands on experience with system architecture design, prototyping, and technical project leadership
- Active Security Clearance
Learn More & Apply Now!
Work Location: Onsite - Columbia, MD
Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role:
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attendselect steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 75,800 USD - 144,200 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidates work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the companys performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
