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    System Security Engineer - Salt Lake City, United States - Idaho Scientific

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    Senior Systems Security Engineer
    Life is Short. Solve Hard Problems with Cool People.

    Idaho Scientific is the Goldilocks of the spirit and growth of a startup, with a financial footing and safety of a stable corporation.

    The perks of working at Idaho Scientific include all the benefits you'd expect from an employer who prioritizes a balanced human experience:

    Competitive Pay

    Flexible Work Schedule

    Health Benefits and Insurance

    Retirement fund contributions

    Profit Sharing

    Generous Paid Time Off Policy

    Solve the Problem, Not the Symptom.

    Idaho Scientific designs and deploys secure system solutions through novel CPU design, crypto cores, purpose-built system-on-a-chip architectures and hardened operating systems.

    Our solutions are the foundation for how military systems will remain safe and secure in the conflicts of the future.

    We need smart people like you to join us in solving hard problems that matter.
    Position Description.

    A Senior System Security Engineer (SSE) is a, industry-recognized, subject matter expert on the topics of anti-tamper, cyber security, and supply chain trust.

    A successful candidate will possess implemtation level details of vulnerabilities and their countermeasures across a wide range of system types including microcontrollers, FPGA based system-on-chip (SoC) system, and workstation grade single board computers.

    Idaho Scientific is equally interested in physical and virtual threat vectors.

    Example Physical threats:
    Side Channel Analysis against crypto systems

    Glitching and fault injection

    Invasive and non-invasive chip and circuit card level failure analysis techniques

    JTAG and in-circuit debug

    Direct Memory access and bus protocol exploitation


    Example Virtual threats:
    Software exploitation

    Firmware Exploitation

    Root Kits and Boot Kits

    Protocol exploitation

    Cryptanalysis

    CPU Side Channel Analysis

    Rowhammer


    The primary responsibility of this candidate is to individually contribute to the vulnerability analysis and countermeasure selection/design for subsystem and component (circuit card or device level) elements within U.S.

    weapon systems.

    What You'll Get to Do:
    Individual Contributions

    Evaluate proposed or existing system architectures for reverse engineering and cyber exploitation vulnerabilities

    Document vulnerabilities in white papers and attack countermeasure analysis

    Recommend architectural changes to reduce system vulnerabilities

    Architect system level security design and requirements to address the vulnerabilities enumerated within U.S. weapon systems.

    Document system design and requirements within a program protection plan and anti-tamper plan

    Develop Crypto and Key management plans

    Prepare for, attend, and brief and customer and government design review meetings

    Participate in all aspects of the product design life cycle including system architecture, design, development, and verification

    Distill complex technical concepts into clear and concise writing to support proposals for new opportunities

    Contribute to new product ideas and proposals

    Advising, mentoring, and training

    Stay current with threat, vulnerabilities, countermeasure, hardware and software architecture

    Advise and train customers on system vulnerabilities and countermeasures enabling them to design and requirements to secure their architectures

    Advise customers on security and design principles, best practices, and system security engineering processes and approvals

    Participate in industry working groups and provide security recommendations to relevant government and commercial standards, policies, and procedures

    Participate in development and delivery of internal and external training efforts

    Required Qualifications & Experience
    US Citizenship

    Ability to get a security clearance

    More than five (5) years of proven past performance in embedded systems security design; preference given to candidates who have experience with US Department of Defense (DoD) embedded systems security

    Advanced knowledge of crypto algorithms, when and how to use each algorithm, vulnerabilities of each algorithm and vulnerabilities inherent to an implementation of each algorithm

    Advanced knowledge of attacks and vulnerabilities against hardware and software, as well as an understanding of balancing solutions with acceptable residual vulnerabilities

    Advanced understanding of computer hardware and software architectures, including being able to clearly articulate how a CPU works, how a FPGA works, how Operating Systems work and how user space application runtime environments work

    Experience with key generation and key management solutions

    Familiarity with latest research in secure boot services and why additional research is needed

    Degree in Cryptography, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related field

    Ability to clearly capture complex technical concepts in writing for both technical and general audiences

    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

    Must be highly creative and have experience interfacing directly with external customers

    Preferred Qualifications & Experience
    Active US Security Clearance

    Working knowledge of applied cryptography

    Experience applying principles of cyber security to operational technology and embedded systems

    Experience reverse engineering hardware and software

    Experience developing program protection plans for US weapons systems

    Experience with software assurance, system integrity, trust strategies, supply chain exploitation methods and countermeasures and/or general vulnerability analysis

    Experience with CPU design, preferably Intel x86

    Knowledge of Operating System architecture and design, Linux preferred

    Location
    The preferred work location is at Idaho Scientific headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Commitment to Diversity.
    Idaho Scientific is an equal employment opportunity employer.

    Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against due to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition including pregnancy, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

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