Job Description
Hardware Security Research Engineer
Location
US-OH-Dayton
ID
2025-3869
Category
Research & Development
Position Type
Full Time Salary
Riverside Overview
Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems.
All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.
Position Overview
The Riverside Research Engineering and Support Solutions (ESS) directorate conducts Research and Development (R&D) of cyber-physical attacks against embedded systems. As a Hardware Security Research Engineer, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of research engineers and scientists on a range of microelectronics research projects. You'll work directly with a team of embedded system security research subject matter experts (SME), the senior Principal Investigator, and Program Manager to conduct research, development, test, and evaluation activities on a range of hardware security projects. Work is performed on Wright Patterson Air Force base. A minimum of a Secret clearance required to start, but you must be able obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance and all required program access approvals. Remote work is not available for this position. Travel is not expected to exceed two to four times a year.
Responsibilities
Conduct research in the application of non-invasive side channel analysis (SCA) for problems within microelectronic hardware security
Analyzes secure architectures to identify vulnerabilities
Develop whitepapers and presentations to communicate research findings
Contributes to proposals for new research in similar and/or related technology areas
Work with Program Manager and Principal Investigator to plan, lead, and execute technical resource application to project; manage and communicate deliverable status and timelines
Interacts with third-party vendors to collect appropriate source information
Attends conferences to understand new attacks and protections
Provide technical mentorship to junior researchers supporting your programs
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Understanding of implementation attacks including side-channel, glitching, etc.
Experience with Verilog, VHDL, or SystemC
Experience bare-metal programming microcontrollers or microprocessors
Proficiency in C, C++, or Python
Experience presenting technical material to both technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to manage timelines, product delivery, and product quality for research projects
Willing to work in a secure US Government facility
Experience in a research and development (R&D) environment solving open-ended problems
Willing to travel 2-4 times per year
Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., computer engineering, electrical engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, physics, or other STEM fields) and 5 years' experience, or Master's Degree in a related discipline and 3 years' experience, or a PhD in a related discipline
Desired Qualifications
Understanding of cryptography implementation in embedded technologies including microcontrollers, FPGAs, ASICs, and related technologies
Experience designing or working with security features of FPGAs or ASICs
Understanding of cryptographic algorithms and protocols
Experience developing and presenting research papers and presentations in relevant subject areas
Experience using revision control software
Understanding of information theory and its application to cryptographic algorithms
Understanding of digital signal processing including filter design, wavelet transforms, frequency domain analysis, etc.
Global Comp
$120,000 - $160,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.
Closing Statement
Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran's status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
Riverside Research is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local law.
