Location: Bedford, MA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. MITRE’s Electronic Systems Security department is seeking to hire an Embedded Security Engineer and researcher to tackle the kinds of embedded security problems most engineers only read about, in support of missions of national importance. We find and exploit hidden flaws to unlock access, reveal deeper system insight, enable customer missions, and slam doors shut to protect critical systems. We think like attackers, operate like researchers, and deliver the insight our customers need. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives at the intersection of offensive and defensive security research. You will operate at every layer of the stack, tracing vulnerabilities and attack paths from low-level firmware and hardware interfaces up through operating systems, middleware, and application code. In this role, you will reverse engineer complex systems, research vulnerabilities, develop proof-of-concept exploits, build mission-