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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Electronic Systems Development and Embedded Security department is seeking to hire talented and creative engineers with a focus on hardware security for embedded systems to support advanced research and development projects of national significance.

Qualified candidates will join a team of technical experts in embedded system security.  This multi-disciplinary team performs hands-on research and analysis and develops proof-of-concept prototypes to demonstrate and advance the state-of-the-art in embedded security.  Our diverse set of sponsors and research objectives provide a wide variety of interesting work opportunities. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Engineers in this role will develop and apply their technical expertise to:

Research and develop new approaches and countermeasures for emerging threats to embedded systemsDesign and build prototypes (hardware and software) to demonstrate advanced capabilitiesPerform hands-on security assessments of embedded systemsDevelop software for interfacing with and controlling lab equipment for data collection, measurement, and analysisShape creative and innovative ideas through internal research programs to advance the state-of-the art in embedded securityTrack, adapt, and apply academic and industry advances in embedded security analysis and protection techniques to secure our sponsors’ systemsWork as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while leading tasks and/or teams of engineersCollaborate with academic partners to improve embedded security education at our nation’s universities and high schools

Basic Qualifications:

Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a US government security investigation and must be able to obtain a Department of Defense SECRET clearance, which requires US citizenshipExperience analyzing microelectronics and hardware systems for susceptibility to implementation attacks, such as side-channel analysis and fault inductionExperience with programming in languages such as Python, C/C++, or Rust for PCs and embedded systemsEffective oral and written communication skillsThis position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field and/or 8+ years of related experienceExperience leading teams developing or evaluating secure embedded systemsExperience in one or more of the following embedded system security topics:Application of side-channel analysis and/or fault injection to black-box systemsAnalysis of cryptographic algorithms, protocols, and systems for implementation attack threatsInvasive and semi-invasive attacks (and protection techniques) on integrated circuits (e.g., laser fault injection, photon emission analysis, thermal laser stimulation)Microarchitectural and/or cyber-enabled implementation attacks (and protection techniques) on computer systems (e.g., Rowhammer, Spectre/Meltdown)Development and analysis of implementation attack countermeasuresExperience with one or more of the following technical areas:FPGA and/or system-on-chip developmentHigh performance and/or distributed computing; data analyticsSignal and/or image processingMachine learning of time-series dataSoftware-defined radio usage; wireless and/or network communicationsExperience with board- and component-level instrumentation and measurement (e.g., capturing digital and analog signals via mixed-domain oscilloscopes)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) 

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$150,500 - $188,000 - $225,500 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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