Staff R&D Engineer
Synopsys
Other Engineering
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Posted on Feb 1, 2025
Your Profile:
- You are a highly skilled professional with a passion for applied digital security in hardware and software implementations.
- You hold a PhD or advanced MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
- You have profound expertise in cryptography and embedded security.
- You are an expert in side-channel and fault injection analysis and countermeasure development, with experience in physical security evaluations.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills enable you to interact effectively across teams and at various levels within the organization.
- You thrive in collaborative environments and are always ready to help others succeed.
Your Responsibilities:
- Designing, optimizing, and testing physical security architectures (hardware and software) for cryptographic implementations across all Security IP products.
- Coordinating with Security IP product development teams for in-depth physical security assessments and countermeasure deployment.
- Coordinating, preparing, and driving validation and certification projects of security IP products by external evaluation labs.
- Providing consultation to R&D and management on security risk analysis of security IP products and giving input for product roadmaps.
Your Impact:
- Improving the overall physical attack resistance of our security IP modules, mitigating known and unknown risks and threats.
- Assisting in obtaining product security certifications, demonstrating the quality and security of our security IP products to customers.
- Further driving the successful adoption of an overall physical security mindset in the security IP R&D teams.
- Contributing to product development through collaborative input and valuable feedback.
- Establishing and elevating Synopsys' market position as a leader in security IP products.
Your Qualifications:
- A PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with over 5 years of relevant work experience.
- In-depth knowledge and experience in digital security (hardware and software).
- Hands-on experience with side-channel attacks and countermeasures, and fault-injection analysis and countermeasures.
- An advanced understanding of practical cryptography and cryptographic standards.
- Prior experience with validation and certification projects by evaluation labs.
Your Characteristics:
- A collaborative team player with a "help others succeed" mentality.
- Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Adaptable and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with a passion for continuous learning and improvement.
- Able to interact flexibly with engineering and management levels across different development teams worldwide.
Your Team:
- The security engineering team is part of the Security IP group which offers market-leading products and solutions for embedded security applications.
- You will be part of a dedicated sub-team focusing on physical security of all Security IP products.