Role Overview
We are looking for an Android Security Research Engineer who is passionate about understanding Android internals, breaking application and platform defenses, and conducting deep vulnerability research at both the application and system level. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience in reverse engineering, mobile application pentesting, exploit analysis, and security research, with exposure to kernel- and framework-level attack surfaces.

Key Responsibilities
Perform reverse engineering of Android applications (APK/AAB) to identify security flaws, logic issues, and weak security implementations
Conduct Android application penetration testing, including runtime manipulation, hooking, and traffic interception
Analyze and bypass common mobile security controls such as SSL pinning, root detection, anti-debugging, tamper protection, and obfuscation
Research Android internals including the Android framework, ART/Dalvik runtime, system services, Binder IPC, and permission model
Perform dynamic and static analysis of Android malware and suspicious applications (good to have)
Develop, customize, and maintain Frida scripts, Objection workflows, and custom tooling for security research
Replicate and analyze publicly known Android vulnerabilities and exploits to understand root causes and impact
Assist in vulnerability research and exploitation, including logic flaws, exploit chaining, and basic memory corruption concepts

Must-Have Skills
Robust understanding of Android fundamentals and Android internals (framework and system architecture)




Hands-on experience with Android kernel concepts and attack surface awareness
Proven experience in reverse engineering Android applications
Strong hands-on knowledge of Android application penetration testing methodologies
Experience replicating and analyzing known Android exploits and adapting PoCs
Familiarity with exploit chaining concepts in mobile attack scenarios
Hands-on experience working with Corellium Android environments for security research and testing
Practical experience bypassing:
SSL pinning
Root detection
Anti-debugging and runtime protections
SSL pinning
Root detection
Anti-debugging and runtime protections
Experience with runtime instrumentation and traffic interception
Familiarity with tools including (but not limited to):
ADB
Android Studio
Frida
Objection
Pidcat
Burp Suite
Metasploit
ADB
Android Studio
Frida
Objection
Pidcat
Burp Suite
Metasploit
Basic understanding of exploitation techniques and vulnerability research concepts
Strong understanding of Android fundamentals and Android internals (framework and system architecture)




Hands-on experience with Android kernel concepts and attack surface awareness
Proven experience in reverse engineering Android applications
Strong hands-on knowledge of Android application penetration testing methodologies
Experience replicating and analyzing known Android exploits and adapting PoCs
Familiarity with exploit chaining concepts in mobile attack scenarios
Hands-on experience working with Corellium Android environments for security research and testing
Practical experience bypassing:
SSL pinning
Root detection
Anti-debugging and runtime protections
Experience with runtime instrumentation and traffic interception
Familiarity with tools including (but not limited to):
ADB
Android Studio
Frida
Objection
Pidcat
Burp Suite
Metasploit
Basic understanding of exploitation techniques and vulnerability research concepts

Good-to-Have Skills
Experience with Android malware analysis
Hands-on experience with:
Bootloader unlocking
Rooting Android devices
Custom ROMs or recovery environments
Bootloader unlocking
Rooting Android devices
Custom ROMs or recovery environments
Familiarity with native components (NDK), JNI, and ARM64
Experience with Android malware analysis
Hands-on experience with:
Bootloader unlocking
Rooting Android devices
Custom ROMs or recovery environments
Familiarity with native components (NDK), JNI, and ARM64

Scripting skills (Python, JavaScript for Frida, Bash)

Required Skills
Cyber-security android

📌 Android Security Research Engineer (New Delhi)
🏢 C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
📍 New Delhi