CNO Programmer Intern - 2025

Job Summary

Nightwing is looking for interns interested in a career focused on offensive cyber practices as a Vulnerability Researcher.

Nightwing’s goal is to teach interns offensive cyber practices that they would not encounter in everyday normal curriculum.

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 in close coordination with mentors to maximize growth potential. All our engineers write code, but many of our engineers spend as much time reverse engineering and taking systems apart and building new ones.

A typical day can involve studying disassembly or writing Python to audit a piece of C++ code.

Responsibilities to anticipate :

Modifications to research tools and directions

Preferred Qualifications :

• Understanding of OS Internals (any major OS)
• Experience reading or writing assembly (x86, x64, ARM, PPC, MIPS, SPARC, 68k, or others)
• Understanding of network protocols (TCP / IP stacks, wire-level protocols, RF communications, BGP, routing protocols, or others)
• Understanding of exploit mitigations such as DEP and ASLR
• Experience using reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, HexRays, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or objdump.
• Experience using debuggers such as gdb, WinDbg, OllyDbg
• Experience building and using tools to find, exploit, and productize vulnerabilities in complex software systems
• Candidates must be professional, self-starters, possess a positive attitude, and work well with engineering and technician teams.

Required Qualifications :

• Experience with C or C++
• Must be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master's degree program in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) typically Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related area
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, only U.

S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

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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.