# Threat Research Engineer

**Company**: HP
**Location**: Bristol
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Threat Research Engineer to join our HP security team in Bristol, UK. The successful candidate will study current and emerging endpoint device attack trends, educate internal and external stakeholders on cyber threats, and help influence HP's security research and innovation strategy.

The role combines hands-on technical analysis of malware with the ability to communicate complex findings clearly within HP as well as with external stakeholders and partners. You will help HP maintain an authoritative view of the endpoint threat landscape and the state of the art in defensive endpoint security technologies.

**Job Responsibilities**

- Study and document emerging trends in endpoint security, from OS-level to hardware and firmware threats

- Analyse attacks observed in the wild, assess their risk, maturity and likely impact

- Research public sources, vulnerability disclosures, technical reports, and attacker tradecraft to build evidence-led assessments of threats

- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, accessible artefacts for technical experts, non-technical teams and external stakeholders

- Create high-quality external-facing threat research content, including blog posts, technical reports, and conference submissions

**Job Requirements**

- Solid technical skills and a background in low-level computer engineering or computer security architecture

- Excellent written and spoken communication skills

- Experience with reverse engineering tools, attack and killchain analysis standard frameworks, and scripting languages such as Python

- Strong understanding of endpoint security technologies and computer security architecture

**Benefits**

- Opportunity to work with a global laboratory where different perspectives and experiences help solve problems in new ways

- Culture where everyone is respected and can be themselves

- Career mobility and opportunities for professional development

**About HP**

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## Skills

### Required
- OS architecture
- reverse engineering tools
- attack and killchain analysis
- endpoint security technologies
- computer security architecture
- scripting languages such as Python

### Nice to have
- engineering-level knowledge in systems security
- knowledge of PC hardware and firmware architecture
- knowledge of OS kernel and hypervisor security
- experience in attack analysis, penetration testing or exploit kits
- C or C++ coding

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