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Senior Principal Cyber RF Engineer

hackajob
Sterling, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2026
hackajob is collaborating with Nightwing to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Principal Cyber RF Engineer

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

CODEX Overview

Nightwing’s CODEX (Cyber Offense and Defense Experts) division brings together an elite team of mission-focused industry experts who are well known for their ability to overcome the most advanced technical challenges. The team comprises engineers of multiple disciplines including vulnerability research, reverse engineering, CNO/CNE development, hardware emulation, system engineering, and data analytics. Our engineers do more than just work with cutting-edge technology—they ensure missions succeed for our customers. CODEX offices span the nation and offer its engineers the ability to advance their careers through mentorship, training, and an expansive technical portfolio that covers every side of cyber. If you want to be part of a collaborative team that supports challenging, meaningful work that is vital to our national security, apply today!

Principal Cyber Engineer

Cyber Offense and Defense Experts (CODEX) is seeking a cyber engineer to join our team to solve real-time cyber challenges, working on site with our end users in their spaces. Applicants will join a team of developers building high impact native applications for mobile devices, with continuous and meaningful feedback from users. Applicants are expected to integrate reverse engineering results into development products and expand their knowledge of the mobile platform to meet development objectives and customer requirements.

The place of performance for this work is at a customer site in Sterling, Virginia.

Technical Requirements

  • Current TS/SCI clearance is required
  • Experience with RF front-end development and customization
  • Experience with Software Defined Radios to include custom baseband processing up through protocol stack implementation and customization
  • At least 8 years of experience with C/C on Unix/Linux platforms using Make/CMake build systems
  • At least 8 years of experience with common software defined radio platforms (GNU Radio, etc)
  • Experience developing against or working with large open-source projects

Desired Experience

  • Team or task leadership experience
  • Experience developing for Android or another mobile platform
  • Understanding of CNE techniques and methodologies on Android and Linux
  • Experience with the ARM64/ARM32 Architecture or other similar platform
  • Familiarity with Atlassian products (Bitbucket, Bamboo, JIRA, etc.)
  • Familiarity with version control software such as git
  • Reverse engineering ARM binaries
  • Developing proof-of-concept exploit software

Education Requirements

Requires a degree in a technical discipline

This position is not relocation eligible, but a signing bonus may be an option for the sufficiently qualified candidate.

ERIP Eligibility - This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award. ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.

#CODEX

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Salary : $120,000 - $180,000

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