Principal Embedded Security Engineer
1 week ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Embedded Security Expert to join our team at MITRE. As a key member of our Electronic Systems Development and Embedded Security department, you will play a critical role in leading and supporting projects for the US Space Force and other government sponsors.
Key Responsibilities- Partner with government sponsors as a trusted advisor to provide subject matter expertise and lead technical efforts in electronics where secure design and analysis are essential.
- Perform security assessments of embedded systems and use insights in embedded security analysis and protection techniques to secure sponsor systems.
- Design and develop new approaches and countermeasures for threats to embedded systems, and develop prototypes to demonstrate advanced capabilities.
- Collaborate with other government institutions and academic partners to advance joint research efforts.
- Propose and lead internal research projects, and work with customers to understand their use cases and formulate a path forward.
- Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 7 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 4 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US government Secret clearance.
- Expertise and practical experience in hardware/firmware attacks and countermeasures, including tampering, invasive and non-invasive attacks, and vulnerability discovery and reverse-engineering of integrated circuits, hardware, and software.
- Experience leading teams developing or evaluating secure embedded systems, and experience with anti-tamper design and countermeasure development.
- Ability to work with customers to understand their use cases and formulate a path forward, requires excellent oral and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Basic understanding of cryptography and information security concepts.
- PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of related experience.
- Understanding or expertise in hardware security primitives, including but not limited to PUFs, secure storage, key management, cryptographic cores, etc.
- Familiarity with secure US government systems.
- Expertise in tear-down and reverse engineering techniques for embedded systems, including hardware interface capture and probing, protocol analysis, board-level RE and modifications, side-channel analysis, fault induction, etc.
- Expertise in FPGA or ASIC development.
- Experience with software development.
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 and BenefitsSalary compensation range and midpoint: $167,500 - $209,500 - $251,500 Annual.
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