Reverse Engineer Intern – 2025

Date Posted:

2024-09-26

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MD233: 420 National Business Parkway 420 National Business Parkway Suite 400, Annapolis Junction, MD, 20701 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

You have been redirected to RTX’s career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth. As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you’ll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.

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.

Reverse Engineer Intern – 2025
Nightwing CODEX (Cyber Offense and Defense Experts) bring together an elite team of mission-focused industry experts who are well known for their ability to overcome the most advanced technical challenges. Where pushing the limits of our technical ability is the norm. Occasional failure does not deter us.  True innovation comes from trying new things and seeing what works. CODEX is looking for interns interested in developing technologies to defend, attack and exploit computer networks as Computer Network Operations (CNO) Programmers. Applicants are expected to understand operating systems and software internals.  They should be comfortable developing in C, C++, assembly language, networking, and basic reverse engineering concepts. Interns will also need to be able to test and validate their code demonstrates the preferred behavior on a wide range of technologies to ensure interoperability. 

Nightwing is looking for interns interested in a career focused on analytical cyber practices as a Reverse Engineer.  Nightwing’s goal is to teach analytic cyber practices that one would not encounter is normal curriculums.  Ultimately, interns at Nightwing learn to analyze systems to understand how they work and how they behave when they break. Candidates must be able to play both sides of the fence, both developing and defeating new and advanced security techniques. Projects are undertaken in small teams with close coordination with mentors to maximize growth opportunities. All our engineers write code, but many of our engineers spend as much time reverse engineering and taking systems apart as building new ones. A typical day can involve studying disassembly or writing Python to audit a piece of C++ code.
This position is an onsite role.
 

Responsibilities to Anticipate:
•    Growth in knowledge of target being researched
•    Regular documentation on research results
•    Evaluation of research results
•    Modifications to research tools and directions
•    Productizing successful research to deliver to a customer

Required Qualifications:
•    Must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master's degree program in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM); Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related degree
o    Please upload a copy of your most recent transcripts with your resume when applying to this requisition. Include your cumulative GPA and projected graduation date on your resume. GPA of 3.0+ in a 4.0 grade scale is desired
•    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
Two or more of the following qualifications are preferred:
•    Experience using reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, HexRays, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or objdump
•    Experience reading or writing assembly (x86, x64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, SPARC, 68k, or others)
•    Experience using debuggers such as gdb, WinDbg, OllyDbg

#NWIntern2025

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

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

The salary range for this role is - . 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 candidate’s 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 company’s 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.

RTX 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.

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