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# Senior Hardware Security Engineer

- **Company:** MITRE Corporation
- **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,800.0 - $158,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Embedded Software, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Hardware Security Module, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Non-Volatile Memory, Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology, Vlsi Design, U-Boot, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5937129494

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field and 5 years of related experience; or Master's degree/PhD in a similar field and 3 years of related experience
 * Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
 * Knowledge of semiconductor devices, integrated circuit fabrication processes, and common IC structures
 * Understanding of digital circuit design topics - including hardware description languages, microelectronics, VLSI design automation, and computer architecture
 * Understanding of protections against physical attacks including secure boot, tamper sensing, secure key storage, memory encryption/authentication, and debug interface disablement
 * Ability to independently execute complex technical work in collaborative environments
 * Effective oral and written communication skills
 * Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance.
 * This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site, * Master's degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
 * Active security clearance, especially Top Secret or TS/SCI.
 * Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience

Experience with:

 * Embedded system tear-down, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and circuit/component modifications
 * Anti-tamper design, implementation, evaluation, and/or research
 * ASIC and/or FPGA design
 * Netlist recreation of printed circuit boards and components using X-ray or destructive imaging
 * Board- and component-level instrumentation, measurement, and protocol analysis
 * Prototyping printed circuit boards for probing or injecting high-speed signals
 * Software development (e.g., C/C++, Python)
 * Digital signal and image processing
 * Computer vision and machine learning

Familiarity with:

 * Semiconductor depackaging, delayering, failure analysis, and FIB-SEM techniques
 * Application of side-channel analysis and/or fault injection to black-box systems
 * Analysis of cryptographic algorithms and protocols
 * Analysis of RF protocols
 * Analysis of security architectures of modern commercial processors and SoCs
 * Embedded firmware reverse engineering

## Description

Senior engineers in the embedded hardware reverse engineering team will develop and apply their technical expertise to:

 * Perform hands-on security assessments of embedded systems, e.g. by
 + Analyzing scanning electron microscope (SEM) imagery to identify and interpret microelectronic structures, including interconnects, vias, contacts, transistors, and other features within integrated circuits
 + Correlating physical integrated circuit structures with schematics, layouts, netlists, or expected circuit functionality
 + Non-volatile memory extraction
 + Designing and building prototypes to demonstrate advanced capabilities for measuring and instrumenting board- and component-level interfaces
 * Advance the state-of-the-art in hardware security by researching and developing new approaches for, and countermeasures to, emerging threats to embedded systems
 * Track, adapt, and apply academic and industry advances in hardware security analysis and protection techniques to secure our sponsors' systems
 * Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams conducting embedded security research, vulnerability assessment, and hardware/software co-design
 * Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while leading tasks and/or teams of engineers
 * Communicate and document technical approaches, risks, and results to sponsors and stakeholders
 * Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers