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MITRE’s Electronic Systems 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.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Engineers in this role will develop and apply their technical expertise to:
• Research and develop new secure design approaches and countermeasures for emerging threats to embedded systems
• Design and build prototypes (hardware and software) to demonstrate advanced capabilities
• Analyze secure implementations, designs, and architectures to identify weak points for further analysis or hardening
• Perform hands-on and whitepaper-level security assessments of embedded systems
• Develop software for interfa

📌 Senior Embedded Security Engineer – Digital Systems Security (El Segundo Paso)
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📍 El Segundo Paso