Associate Wireless Security Engineer

The MITRE Corporation•New Bedford, MA

3d•$89,200 - $133,800•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field
Familiarity and/or experience with 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

Responsibilities

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