Hardware Security Engineer: SoC Pen Tests & SCA Attacks

Qualcomm; Cork; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary, stock and performance related bonus

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Employee stock purchase scheme

Matching pension scheme

Education Assistance

Relocation and immigration support

Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

Bicycle purchase scheme

Employee run clubs

Job summary

Qualcomm is looking for a skilled Hardware Security Engineer to join their advanced penetration testing lab in Cork, Ireland. You will engage with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets, executing innovative hardware security tasks that require deep knowledge of fault injection and side-channel attacks.

This position not only emphasizes hardware vulnerability assessment but also collaboration with global security networks. If you have a strong background in cryptographic analysis and a passion for offensive security, consider this exceptional opportunity at Qualcomm.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, or related work experience.
• Experience with hardware security and penetration testing.
• Hands-on experience in testing chipsets.

Responsibilities

• Perform hardware & firmware penetration testing on Qualcomm SoCs.
• Execute Side‑Channel Attacks (SCA) and Fault Injection (FI) experiments.
• Evaluate cryptographic implementations for vulnerabilities.

Skills

Fault Injection (FI)

Side‑Channel Attacks (SCA)

Cryptographic algorithms

Microprocessor architecture

Scripting programming languages (Python, C, MATLAB)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Qualcomm is looking for a skilled Hardware Security Engineer to join their advanced penetration testing lab in Cork, Ireland. You will engage with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets, executing innovative hardware security tasks that require deep knowledge of fault injection and side-channel attacks.

This position not only emphasizes hardware vulnerability assessment but also collaboration with global security networks. If you have a strong background in cryptographic analysis and a passion for offensive security, consider this exceptional opportunity at Qualcomm.