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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Principal Edge Device Security Engineer - **Company:** MITRE Corporation - **Location:** Bedford, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $202,000.0 - $252,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** EndPointSecurity, Reverse Engineering Software, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9085114/senior-principal-edge-device-security-engineer ## About the Role * Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 10 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 7 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. * A minimum of 10 years of experience specifically in developing and/or assessing the security of edge devices * Demonstrated ability to work with sponsors to understand mission needs, shape problem framing, and formulate actionable paths forward; excellent oral and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences. * Demonstrated ability to build and leverage a strong network across government sponsors, connect disjoint teams and organizations, and create collaborations that improve mission impact. * Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop junior engineers and technical team members. * Deep technical understanding of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems. * Must have an active Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance. * Ability to participate in classified discussions at the Bedford, MA campus secure facilities as needed. * This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site, * Demonstrated experience developing research strategies and leading or coordinating a coherent technical portfolio to address high-risk mission challenges. * Deep experience with hardware and software reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and security assessment of embedded systems, military edge devices, or related mission systems. * Experience with foreign materiel analysis ## Description * Shape MITRE's embedded security work program by identifying the highest-value sponsor problems, aligning opportunities to MITRE's strongest skills and expertise, and creating avenues for differentiated impact. * Lead embedded security teams in analyzing the security of military edge devices, including foreign materiel analysis and mission-critical tactical platforms. * Apply specialized expertise in position, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems to assess vulnerabilities, design resilient approaches, and develop defenses against spoofing, jamming, deception, and other mission impacts. * Serve as a trusted technical advisor to sponsors; develop novel, creative, and technically rigorous ideas for addressing challenging mission problems and building sponsor trust through exceptional quality work. * Develop technical roadmaps, prototypes, analyses, and demonstrations that advance edge device security capabilities and inform sponsor decisions. * Build and leverage a strong network across government sponsors, MITRE, industry, and academia to identify collaboration opportunities and bring together disjoint teams around high-impact mission needs. ## Related Videos - [Migrating half a million users to a new payment service provider](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/730-migrating-half-a-million-users-to-a-new-payment-service-provider) - [How to Cause (or Prevent) a Massive Data Breach- Secure Coding and IDOR](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/39-how-to-cause-or-prevent-a-massive-data-breach-secure-coding-and-idor) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Software Development is (not) getting easier](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2085-software-development-is-not-getting-easier) - [Lessons learned from observing a billion API requests](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1574-lessons-learned-from-observing-a-billion-api-requests) - [Checkmate: 5 Real Incidents That Can End a Software Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100126-checkmate-5-real-incidents-that-can-end-a-software-company) ## Related Articles - [9 Ways to Make Money Hacking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/333-9-ways-to-make-money-hacking) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Understanding and Mitigating Common Web Vulnerabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/565-understanding-and-mitigating-common-web-vulnerabilities) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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