Senior Hardware Security Engineer
Core
Provide hardware security support, review security architecture of space mission ground systems, and contribute to hardware security research for National Security Space Systems.
Role type
Senior IC hardware security engineer (FPGA/embedded systems)
Builds
Secure space mission ground systems and National Security Space Systems
Domain
Aerospace / Defense / Hardware Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
FPGA design and verification, embedded systems security, hardware cryptographic accelerators, vulnerability analysis, anti-tamper, HDLs (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog), embedded system design (Xilinx Zynq/Microblaze, ARM, Altera NIOS), C/C++/Python scripting
Preferred skills
Hardware Trojans analysis, Side Channel Analysis, Fault Injection, Reverse Engineering, AI/quantum computing applications
Technologies
AMD Xilinx, Microchip, Intel Altera, Jira, MS Project
Responsibilities
Provide hardware security support for security controls and microelectronic security assessments; Review security architecture of space mission ground systems; Define threat paths and develop guidance on FPGA/ASIC/embedded systems vulnerability mitigations; Support development of microelectronics assurance policy and documentation; Diagnose and debug hardware and firmware issues; Assist in tasking junior engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship
