International Association for Cryptologic Research

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IACR News item: 10 December 2015

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona USA
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Job Description: Northern Arizona University is launching a Cyber-Security research program focusing at first on hardware authentication, and the design of secure circuits with embedded secure memories, Physically Unclonnable Functions (PUFs), Random Number Generators (RNG), and crypto-processors.

The Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Design memory state machines with FPGA (or/and ASIC) and surrounding analog interface to drive the PUFs, RNG, and other cryptographic functions.
  • Design micro-controller based test board to emulate full authentication, Challenges and Responses of the PUFs, and extract Challenge/Response Pair error rate
  • Conduct autonomous research work to study innovative architectures
  • Consider ways to test the new structures, and incorporate Build In Self Test (BIST) in the state machine

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Earned PhD in Electrical Engineering, Microelectronics, or related field by the time of the appointment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience in at least one of the following field: mixed mode design, memory design, state machine architecture, BIST,
  • Experience in installing and debugging FPGA boards, and micro-controller systems, including embedded software
  • Strong publication record
  • Experience and/or commitment to work effectively with NAU’s diverse faculty, staff, and student populations.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  • Proficiency in using ASIC or FPGA software development tools
  • Ability to understand hardware architecture and VHDL design methodology
  • Understanding how the basic operations of a memory state machine operate: Read, Program, Erase
  • Creative, and independent
  • Ability to work effectively in diverse, interdisciplinary research environment

Closing date for applications: 29 January 2016

Contact: Bertrand Cambou, Bertrand.cambou (at) nau.edu

More information: http://nau.edu/Human-Resources/Careers/Staff-Welcome-Page/

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