Department Summary:MITRE's Electronic Systems Security department is seeking to hire talented and creative engineers with a focus on embedded wireless systems and protocols to support advanced research and development projects of national significance.
Qualified candidates will join a department with deep technical expertise across many embedded security disciplines including software vulnerability research and reverse engineering, hardware reverse engineering, secure computing, and implementation security. This multi-disciplinary wireless security team applies deep understanding of advanced wireless network technologies, including 5G cellular, to instrument, analyze, and evaluate wireless technologies through hands-on experimentation and prototype development.
Roles and Responsibilities:Engineers in this role will develop and apply their technical expertise to:
- Research and develop new approaches and countermeasures for emerging security threats to wireless systems
- Design and build prototypes to demonstrate advanced capabilities
- Perform hands-on functional and security assessments of wireless systems and implementations
- Develop software for interfacing with and controlling lab equipment for data collection, measurement, and analysis
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of engineers
Minimum Qualifications:- BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field with less than 1 year of related experience
- Must be US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD Secret security clearance
- Experience with software design in languages such as Python, C/C++, or Rust for PCs and embedded systems
- Familiarity with foundational communications, networking, and/or signal processing concepts
- Effective oral and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:- MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field
- Familiarity and/or experience with one or more of the following technical areas:
- Software development practices including design and code reviews, testing and regression, revision control, and user documentation
- Software-defined radio usage
- Networking and/or wireless communications protocol stack(s)
- Cryptography and security concepts such as key-agreement protocols, authentication, encryption, etc.
- System security assessment: e.g., protocol reverse engineering, vulnerability discovery/assessment
- AI model development / training
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:$89,200 - $111,500 - $133,800 Annual
Work Location Type:Onsite
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