Raymond G. Tronzo, M.D. Professor of Cybersecurity

The Pennsylvania State University; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University’s IST Cyber Security Lab is hiring a part-time research assistant to explore the boundary between application logic and hardware-dependent code in embedded firmware. The role emphasizes hands-on work in embedded systems security, program analysis, and system emulation.

You will identify limitations of existing approaches, develop an automatic analysis framework, run experiments, and write a technical report.

Qualifications

• Expertise in embedded systems security
• Experience with program analysis
• Experience with system emulation

Responsibilities

• Identify and address the limitations of existing approaches to separating embedded software from its hardware dependencies.
• Develop a new analysis framework that recovers this boundary automatically from firmware.
• Conduct experiments to validate the framework.
• Write a technical report.

Skills

Embedded systems security

Program analysis

System emulation

Job description

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.For additional information on remote work at Penn State, seeNotice to Out of State Applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The College of IST Cyber Security Lab has a wage payroll position open. We are looking for a research assistant who has expertise in the intersection of embedded systems security, program analysis, and system emulation. In particular, the researcher will work on recovering the boundary between application logic and hardware-dependent code in embedded firmware, and on assessing whether that boundary still holds once the firmware executes. Accordingly, the researcher should have adequate experience in both program analysis and real-time embedded systems. This position involves part-time wage payroll employment.

Job duties to include:

• Identify and address the limitations of existing approaches to separating embedded software from its hardware dependencies.
• Develop a new analysis framework that recovers this boundary automatically from firmware.
• Conduct experiments to validate the framework.
• Write a technical report.

Compensation:

The starting rate for this job is $20.

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