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Period of Work: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025, Part Time on Call

Location(s): Bedford, MA,

In Office Requirements:  Hybrid—2-3 days/week in the office

Clearance Requirements:  Will be submitted for U.S. government security clearance.

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.

Job Responsibilities may include:

Assist in the development of new approaches and countermeasures for emerging threats to embedded systemsHelp develop 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 analysis

Basic Qualifications:

Currently enrolled in a 4-year degree program (or higher) in the areas of Electrical/Computer engineering. Course in circuits, digital logic, electronics, and computer architecture.Experience with developing and analyzing hardware, embedded, and/or IoT systemsExperience with programming in languages such as Python, Java, C++, or CSustained excellence in academic performanceAbility and willingness to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Effective oral and written communication skillsCourses in FPGA design, reverse engineering (FW and/or HW), and/or embedded systems.

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

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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