Associate Wireless Security Engineer Job Bedford area,Massachusetts USA,IT/Tech

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Department Summary:

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.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Engineers in this role will develop and apply their technical expertise to:

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

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

MS, or PhD degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or similar field
Familiarity and/or experience with one or more of the following technical areas:
- 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

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 compensation range and midpoint:

$89,200 - $111,500 - $133,800 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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