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MITRE · 12 hours ago

Associate Embedded Security Engineer

Bedford, MA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$89K/yr - $134K/yr

0+ years exp

MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation focused on tackling the nation's toughest challenges. The Associate Embedded Security Engineer will conduct security assessments, develop prototypes, and contribute to innovative research in embedded security systems.

Cyber SecurityInformation TechnologyNon ProfitQuantum ComputingSaaS

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop new approaches and countermeasures for emerging threats to embedded systems

Help develop prototypes (hardware and software) to demonstrate advanced capabilities

Perform hands-on security assessments of embedded systems

Develop software for interfacing with and controlling lab equipment for data collection, measurement, and analysis

Contribute creative and innovative ideas to help shape internal research

Track, adapt, and apply academic and industry advances in embedded security analysis and protection techniques to secure our sponsors’ systems

Collaborate with academic partners to improve embedded security education at our nation’s universities and high schools

Qualification

Embedded systemsProgramming languagesSoftware vulnerability researchReverse engineeringHardware reverse engineeringSecure computingEffective communicationCollaboration

Required

Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience

BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field

Must be US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD Secret security clearance

Experience with developing and analyzing hardware, embedded, and/or IoT systems

Experience with programming in languages such as Python, Rust, Java, C++, or C

Effective oral and written communication skills

This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field and/or 2+ years of related experience

Experience with one or more of the following technical areas: Signal and/or image processing; machine learning

Experience with board- and component-level instrumentation and measurement (e.g., capturing digital and analog signals via mixed-domain oscilloscopes)

Software-defined radio usage; wireless and/or network communications

Basic knowledge of common hardware components, packaging, and board-level integration

Basic technical understanding of circuits and PCB layout designs

Strong interest in and/or experience with one or more embedded security topics including but not limited to: Tear down, reverse engineering, and exploitation techniques for embedded systems (hardware interface capture and probing, RF and protocol analysis, board-level RE and modifications, and IoT penetration testing)

Hardware security implementation analysis and exploitation (cryptography, side-channel analysis, and/or fault injection)

Invasive and semi-invasive attacks (and protection techniques) on integrated circuits (IC decapsulation, laser fault injection, photo emission analysis, thermal laser stimulation)

Company

MITRE

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The MITRE Corporation is working to solve some of the nation’s biggest challenges in defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, homeland security, the judiciary and transportation.

Founded in 1958

Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

5001-10000 employees