RISC-V Hardware Security Engineer - 4-Day Week, WFH

Semidynamics; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Barcelona office in city center

Job summary

Semidynamics is seeking a hardware-focused Product Security Engineer to analyze the security architecture of RISC-V cores, RoT, firmware and SoC platforms to support compliance with security regulations and certifications.

You will collaborate with the hardware development team to transform published attacks into actionable tests and improvements, while keeping pace with evolving threats and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related field.
• 2-5 years of industry or research experience in hardware security, computer architecture or low-level systems security.
• Solid understanding of RISC-V processor microarchitecture, ISA and SoC platform architecture.
• Good knowledge of hardware attack vectors, including microarchitectural, physical and memory-based attacks.
• Experience with C and assembly (RISC-V) to write attack proofs-of-concept and security tests.
• Ability to write clear, well-structured security specifications, technical reports and vulnerability findings.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a diverse, inclusive team.

Responsibilities

• Document platform hardware security specifications and support compliance efforts.
• Analyze architecture, specifications and implementations to identify security weaknesses.
• Stay current with RISC-V security, hardware and platform attacks and emerging threats.
• Turn published attacks into security tests and develop new attacks.
• Report findings, propose mitigations and work with hardware teams to fix vulnerabilities.

Skills

RISC-V architecture

Low-level software

Threat analysis

Technical writing

Python scripting

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Caliptra

OpenTitan

Job description

Semidynamics is seeking a hardware-focused Product Security Engineer to analyze the security architecture of RISC-V cores, RoT, firmware and SoC platforms to support compliance with security regulations and certifications.

You will collaborate with the hardware development team to transform published attacks into actionable tests and improvements, while keeping pace with evolving threats and industry standards.