International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Applus+ is seeking an IT Hardware Security Engineer to participate in security evaluations in smartcards and Integrated Circuits.

This is a long term contract position working at the headquarters ITC security laboratory of Applus+ based in Bellaterra (Barcelona). It is important to note that some projects will be in collaboration with one of the site security laboratories that Applus+ has in Shanghai (China), so for this job position is also required travel availability.

We are hiring hardware security analyst with the aim of widen our hardware security team. He/She will be in charge of evaluations related to secure applications/platforms (as banking or identification) using the testing as a tool to investigate possible bugs or security warnings that can be exploited using Side-Channel or Fault analysis attacks. The candidate should have the following skills and knowledge:

• Strong background in Cryptography algorithms. (AES, DES, RSA, ECDSA…)
• Expertise in Side-Channel attacks (SPA, DPA, DEMA, SEMA, CPA, Timing…)
• Expertise in DFA attacks(Laser, glitches...)
• Knowledge in Smart Cards and HSM (Hardware Security Modules), specially hardware architecture design.
• Experience in programming (C, C++, Java..).
• Knowledge in banking security and related specifications.
• ISO 7816 and ISO14443.
• Knowledge in Common Criteria specifications.
• Knowledge in analog and digital signal processing and circuitry development experience for tools development.

High level of written and spoken English is required.