About this role
Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements: Experience in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or exploit development, either professionally or through capture the flag challenges and bug bounties.Familiarity with a variety of tools and platforms such as Ghidra, IDA, Unicorn, debuggers, Android, and iOS.Knowledge of low-level programming languages across the application stack.Understanding of the exploit development lifecycle, from identifying bugs to building fully developed proof of concepts.Ability to communicate technical topics to a variety of audiences, including non-technical stakeholders. Responsibilities: Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering on complex and unique challenges across a range of platforms.Deliver research as part of a team while sharing knowledge and mentoring junior team members.Work across a range of tools and platforms, learning new ones or developing bespoke tooling when needed.Understand customer mission-critical needs and deliver work in line with those requirements. Technologies: AndroidSecurityiOSSupportMobileNetwork More:
We are BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts working collaboratively across 10 countries to help governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments. This Cyber Vulnerability Researcher role is based in London (Southwark) and requires 5 days per week on site, with flexible and hybrid working arrangements available. You will join our Operational Cyber Group, a team of industry-leading experts in high-assurance development, research, reverse engineering, and vulnerability research, focused on national security and mission-changing capability across a wide variety of platforms and technologies. We offer a supportive, inclusive culture with lifelong learning, meaningful work, rewards tailored to you and your family, and a strong commitment to diversity, wellbeing, and shared purpose.
last updated 32 week of 2026