International Association
for Cryptologic Research

The Secure Intelligent Systems (SecInt) research group at the University of Passau conducts research and teaching on various aspects of hardware security and physical attacks resistance.

Starting October 1, 2024, to support research and teaching within the framework of the project A Unified Hardware Design for the USA and German Post-Quantum Standards funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Assistant Professorship for Secure Intelligent Systems (Professor Dr.-Ing. Elif Bilge Kavun) is seeking to fill the position of a Research Assistant (m/f/d) with 100 percent of regular working hours for an initial limited period of one year. Remuneration will be in accordance with pay group 13 of the TV-L. There is the possibility of an extension of the employment in this project up to a total of three years, if the personal and pay scale requirements are met.

You must have completed (or be close to completing) a university master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or closely related research disciplines with outstanding grades. Top candidates should demonstrate knowledge & expertise in most (or at least two) of the following areas:

Cryptography

Post-quantum cryptography

Hardware (ASIC/FPGA) design (with HDL)

Cryptographic hardware design

Side-channel attacks and countermeasures

Fluency in English is required, and knowledge of German is preferred.

Please send your application by e-mail with relevant documents (i.e., CV and degree & work certificates, and if you have any, academic publications and references) only in PDF format as one file (email subject: Application-Secure_Intelligent_Systems Surname) to elif.kavun[AT]uni-passau.de by August 25, 2024.

We refer to our data protection information, available at https://www.uni-passau.de/en/university/current-vacancies/.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elif Bilge Kavun via the e-mail address elif.kavun[AT]uni-passau.de.

More information: https://www.uni-passau.de/en/university/current-vacancies/