Embedded Security Intern - Electronics Prototype
Listed on 2026-09-13
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Software Development
Embedded Software Engineer, Embedded Systems/ Firmware/ IoT, Software Engineer, AI Engineer (Applied/Software)
At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We're a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity.
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We are seeking to hire talented and creative engineering students with a focus on embedded systems development and/or embedded security to support several different advanced research and development projects of national significance.
Qualified candidates will join teams of technical experts in embedded systems development and/or security. Our multi-disciplinary teams perform hands-on development of electronic systems and research, analyze, and develop 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.
Job ResponsibilitiesProject opportunities in embedded security include:
- Assist in the development of new approaches and countermeasures for emerging threats to embedded systems
- Help develop prototypes (hardware and software) to demonstrate advanced capabilities
- Perform hands-on security assessments of embedded systems
- Conduct experiments with commercial or customized wireless protocols
- Develop software for interfacing with and controlling lab equipment for data collection, measurement, and analysis
Project opportunities in electronic systems development include:
- Embedded software development
- Design and support in FPGA development
- Hardware/software integration and validation
- RF design and testing
- Sustained excellence in academic performance
- Must be a student enrolled full-time in an accredited degree-seeking program in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related degree and continue to be enrolled full-time the semester following the internship.
- Experience with developing and analyzing hardware, embedded, and/or IoT systems
- Experience with programming in languages such as Python, Java, C++, or C
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated interest in serving the public
- EE/CE:
Courses in the areas of Circuits, Digital Logic, Electronics, and Computer Architecture. - CS:
Courses in the areas of Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, and Digital Logic. - Highly Desired:
Courses in FPGA design, reverse engineering (firmware and/or hardware), computer security concepts, wireless communications, and/or embedded systems. Experience applying AI to reverse engineering tasks and/or embedded systems development.
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):None
Salary compensation range and midpoint:$46,500 - $58,000 - $69,500 Annual
Work Location Type:Onsite
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