Senior Hardware Security Researcher
TII · United Arab Emirates
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At a glance
Highlights
- Conduct hardware and firmware security assessments to uncover vulnerabilities.
- Analyze secure boot and cryptographic protections for design weaknesses.
- Join Cryptography Labs Hardware team advancing pioneering research prototypes.
Ideal candidate
Hands-on hardware security researcher who loves breaking embedded systems in the lab and turning findings into clear reports to advance secure hardware research.
Requirements
- At least 5 years hands-on experience in hardware or embedded system security across physical and logical attack surfaces
- Proven experience performing firmware extraction and analysis including memory dumping, patching and reconstruction
- Experience with side-channel analysis and/or fault injection and commercial platforms such as ChipWhisperer or Riscure Inspector
- Strong understanding of applied cryptography, secure protocol design and embedded crypto implementations
- Experience with embedded systems such as ARM Cortex-M, RISC-V, STM32 and debug interfaces JTAG, SWD, UART, SPI
- Advanced programming skills in Python, C and assembly for hardware interfacing in Linux with cross-compilation and git
- Solid knowledge of lab instrumentation and reverse engineering tools and techniques
Lab profile
About TII
Abu Dhabi-based applied research institute developing breakthroughs in AI, quantum, cryptography, and autonomous systems.
What they build
- Falcon open-source large language models
- Quantum computing and communications systems
- Cryptography and post-quantum security tools
Known for
- Leader in open-source frontier AI models
- Multidisciplinary applied research at scale
- Global team of leading scientists and engineers
- State-of-the-art Masdar City facilities
Key facts
- Founded in 2020
- Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Backed by Advanced Technology Research Council
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