Hardware Security Engineer with Security Clearance

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If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE-and make a difference with us. N114 Warfighter Space Services Department delivers innovative, world-class products and services, to enable effective and resilient warfighting capabilities that the United States Space Force (USSF) can use to defeat threats and dominate the Space domain. The N114 work portfolio supports diverse military missions including resilient PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing), modernized Missile Warning, Battlespace Awareness, and Technical Intelligence. N114 employs world class systems engineering, PNT, remote sensing, space cyber, and digital engineering SMEs to help our sponsors solve the nation''s Space challenges of today and tomorrow. As a member of our Space Services Department team, you will help solve our nation''s most technically challenging problems and work in the public interest building a more capable and resilient space enterprise. This work will be conducted collaboratively with multiple MITRE and government organizations. You will fill the demanding role as the MITRE Requirements Integration Lead and as a key technical advisor to the Space Systems Command (SSC). N114 department, along with the support of the Electronic Systems Development and Embedded Security department, is seeking to hire talented and creative engineer with significant expertise in hardware and software/firmware security for embedded systems to lead and support projects for the USSF and their mission on delivering resilient and unrivaled space capabilities for the warfighter. In this position, they will partner with government sponsors as thought leaders and trusted advisors to provide subject matter expertise and lead technical efforts in electronics where secure design and analysis are essential. Furthermore, this position offers exciting opportunities to propose and lead new internal research efforts in the hardware security domain. Qualified candidate will join a team of technical experts focused on embedded system security. This multi-disciplinary team performs hands-on research and analysis including evaluating and validating critical government systems for deployment, solving some of our sponsors toughest challenges in gaining space superiority. Our diverse set of sponsors and research objectives provide a wide variety of interesting work opportunities. Example project activities include: * Perform security assessments of embedded systems* Provide security expertise, thought leadership, and consultation as a trusted advisor for a range of sponsors and challenges* 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* Develop prototypes to demonstrate advanced capabilities* Propose and lead internal research projects* Collaborate with other government institutions and academic partners to advance joint research efforts If the above activities sound exciting to you; if you have a deep curiosity for how embedded systems work (and how they break); and if you are interested in tackling some of our nation''s toughest technical challenges, apply to this position! Required Qualifications: * B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, and 8+ years of related experience* A current Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance* Expertise and practical experience in hardware/firmware attacks and countermeasures which may include one or more of: tampering, invasive and non-invasive attacks, and vulnerability discovery and reverse-engineering of integrated circuits, hardware, and software* 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 Preferred Qualifications: Highly qualified candidates would meet several of the following preferred qualifications, however, we do not expect any individual to meet all of these and are looking to fill multiple positions according to technical expertise. * M.S. or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field and 10+ years of related experience* Experience with anti-tamper design and countermeasure development* Experience leading teams developing or evaluating secure embedded systems* Understanding or expertise in hardware security primitives to include 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 (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): This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): Subject to all federal and state laws, rules and regulations, MITRE requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 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Created: 2025-11-15