Jordan Bush

Embedded Systems Engineer

Reverse engineering & security researcher with professional experience of a full-stack engineer.

Summary

Embedded systems engineer building Linux and RTOS-based firmware for camera and communications products. Off the clock I take things apart: reverse engineering, hardware hacking, and participating in Capture the Flag(CTF) competitions.

Experience

Trevidon

Dec 2023 - Present

Full-Stack Engineer

Writing applications for embedded camera products in use globally. Contributed internal tooling to improve the production workflow and efficiency.

  • Linux Kernel Development
  • Built freeRTOS-based firmware for battery-operated camera products.
  • Camera Streaming Client featuring WebRTC and RTSP capabilities across various SoC vendors and CPU architectures.
  • Customized Buildroot distributions for embedded camera products.

Cornerstone Integration, Inc.

Oct 2021 - Dec 2023

Systems Integration / Cybersecurity

Research and development of discrete communications systems, security consulting and recommendations, and AI vision based solutions for various government clients.

  • Hidden Communications Over Common Networking Infrastructure
  • Application/Appliance Security Auditing and Remediation
  • Vision-Based Detections and Analysis
  • Low-Power Ground-to-Satellite Communications Systems

U.S. Army National Guard

Jan 2020 - Dec 2025

25S - Satellite Communications System Operator / Maintainer

Served in the Army National Guard. Deployed, operated and maintained satellite ground terminals connecting units to the networks that keep the Army updated, informed and situationally aware.

Oracle Cerner

Jan 2018 - Oct 2022

Technical Apprentice

Built several platforms for the Application Security Team including automation pipelines integrated into internal git repositories, automation for triaging security alerts generated cross-platform, and internal systems for managing related data.

  • Jenkins CI/CD Pipeline Creation
  • Ruby Development and Security Auditing
  • Docker / Kubernetes
  • Java
  • React Frontend Development

Skills

Embedded Systems

  • Linux Systems Design/Development
  • NVIDIA Jetson-Based Applications
  • FreeRTOS Development
  • TI RTOS Development
  • Buildroot / Yocto
  • ARM / RISC-V / x86 Architectures

Software Development

  • C / C++
  • C#
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • PHP
  • Postgres
  • Docker / Kubernetes
  • Go
  • Java
  • React

Cybersecurity

  • Application Security Auditing
  • Bug Bounty Hunting
  • Penetration Testing
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Hardware Hacking

Education

Park University

2019 - 2024

Bachelors - Computer Science

Awards

  • Kernelcon CTF

    1st - 2026 · 1st - 2025 · 2nd - 2024 · 2nd - 2023

  • BSidesDSM CTF

    1st - 2026 · 2nd - 2025

  • Hack The Box Global Cyber Skills Benchmark CTF

    3rd - 2025

  • Red Team Village CTF

    4th - 2024

  • H&R Block - InsomniHACK@Block

    2nd - 2024 · MVP / 1st - 2023

  • SecKC CTF

    1st - 2023

  • BSidesIowa CTF

    1st - 2022

Interests

  • Buy it, Hack it - Hardware Hacking ·
  • Capture The Flag (CTF) Competitions ·
  • Conference Speaking ·
  • #badgelife