Title: Systems Engineer IV Description:Solutions³ LLC is supporting a U.S. Government customer to support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize of the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services.
Solutions³ LLC is seeking an experienced and technically proficient
Electrical Engineer to provide expert technical guidance on hardware forensics, chip extraction, and low-level device analysis. This senior position requires deep expertise in electrical engineering principles applied to forensic investigations of network-edge devices and embedded systems containing deeply embedded malware where standard forensic methods cannot obtain usable device images.
Eligibility:- Must be aUS Citizen
- Must have anactive Secretclearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI
- Must be able to obtainDHS Suitabilityprior to starting employment
- 10+ years of experience in electrical engineering or hardware design
Responsibilities Include:- Lead technical design and setup of Chip-Off Forensics Lab infrastructure at government facility
- Provide expert guidance on chip extraction, PCB analysis, and hardware-level forensics
- Develop and document chip-off forensics workflows and standard operating procedures
- Conduct forensic analysis of compromised network-edge devices and embedded systems
- Perform circuit board reverse engineering and component identification
- Extract and analyze data from flash memory, EEPROM, and other storage components
- Design and implement safe chip removal and data recovery procedures
- Specify and procure laboratory equipment and forensic tools
- Collaborate with Solutions³ LLC SMEs on hardware and skillset requirements
- Train CSD analysts on chip-off forensics techniques and procedures
- Conduct lab demonstrations showcasing chip-off capabilities
- Analyze proprietary hardware systems targeted by threat actors
- Support forensic investigations where EDR solutions are absent or insufficient
- Document technical findings and forensic methodologies
- Provide reach-back support and technical consultation to analysts
Required Skills:- Expert knowledge of PCB design, circuit analysis, and digital electronics
- Strong experience with chip extraction and hardware forensics techniques
- Proficiency with electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters)
- Understanding of embedded systems architecture and memory technologies
- Experience with microcontrollers, SoCs, and embedded processor platforms
- Knowledge of data recovery from damaged or protected storage devices
- Strong soldering and desoldering components to access memory chips and other critical hardware for data extraction
- Experience with reverse engineering proprietary hardware systems
- Excellent documentation and technical writing abilities
Desired Skills: - Experience supporting federal cybersecurity or forensics programs
- Background in digital forensics or incident response
- Knowledge of firmware analysis and reverse engineering
- Experience with network-edge device security and vulnerabilities
- Familiarity with JTAG, SPI, I2C, and other hardware debugging interfaces
- Understanding of IoT and OT device architectures
- Experience training technical personnel on forensics methodologies
- Knowledge of malware embedded in hardware or firmware
- Familiarity with EDR limitations in embedded device environments
Desired Certifications: - Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent advanced certification preferred
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- DoD 8140.01 IAT Level III
Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field; Master's degree or PhD preferred
