PhD or Postdoc position (m/f/d)

PhD or Postdoc position (m/f/d)

for the engineering of cryptographic ASICs resistant against a broad spectrum of physical attacks (as a part of design methodology for engineering resilient systems)

Job-ID: 3058/22 | Department: System Architectures | Salary: according TV-L | Working time: 40h/week (part-time work option) | Limitation: initially 2 years with option of extension | Entry Date: as soon as possible

The position:

As a member of the Hardware Security group within the department System Architectures, you will contribute to the latest research at IHP. The following topics and tasks are to be dealt with:

• Hardware implementation of cryptographic algorithms

• Chip and FPGA design and test of the cryptographic hardware implementations

• Automation of the design synthesis flow

• Simulation of Power Traces and/or Fault Injections

• Evaluation of the resistance of the implemented cryptographic algorithms against selected attacks

• Presentation of the outcomes to international communities

• Integration of developed hardware in project relevant applications

• Preparation, supervision, and implementation of student projects and internships

Do you aspire a doctorate?

We highly encourage you to pursue your goal. Within the doctorate in the area of design methodology for engineering resilient systems, it is intended to implement a dynamically reconfigurable redundancy in hardware and to investigate its effectiveness as a countermeasure against physical attacks. The doctorate is supported by an experienced supervisor and accompanied within the framework of a supervision agreement. We aim together for completion of your doctorate within 3-5 years. After one and a half years, the topic will be finally defined and the contract duration will be adjusted accordingly by mutual agreement to the foreseeable doctoral period.

You already have finished a doctorate?

You will broaden and deepen your expertise and have opportunities to build your reputation as a scientist in international and interdisciplinary projects with global visibility at the edge of top-notch technologies.

Your qualifications:

Necessary:

• Master’s degree or a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a comparable field

• Strong background and excellent knowledge of mathematic, digital circuit architecture and design

• Programming/specification: VHDL or Verilog, C or C++, Linux shell scripting skillsets

• Confident handling of the English language

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