Side-channel Analyst

Company Description

SGS Brightsight offers security evaluations and certificates on behalf of the major payment schemes and industry organisations to ensure the right level of security is obtained. These services are provided to IC manufacturers, (embedded) secure device manufacturers, card suppliers and service providers. SGS Brightsight can assure the turn-round time of product evaluations that the customer needs, because it has the most accreditations from industry organisations, the largest team of security evaluators and the most extensive evaluation equipment.

SGS Brightsight is the number one independent security lab in the world. We are now based in Delft (The Netherlands), Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), Graz (Austria), Meyreuil (France), Beijing (China) and Taipee (Taiwan). SGS Brightsight is a knowledge-based company. Our international team of experts stay up to date with the latest technologies and requirements to ensure the most reliable and efficient evaluation process possible for our customers. Our ambition is to grow our team to maintain our position as the world’s number one security lab, on both quality and quantity levels.

**Job Description**:
**The Side Channel Expert will test the physical properties of a device such as power consumption, timing, or electromagnetic emanation for potential vulnerabilities.**

**You Will**:

- Analyse devices and products under test conditions;
- Possess an understanding of how Side-Channel analysis could be used to breach a device;
- Develop test plans;
- Conduct statistical analysis;
- Develop new tools and products for future Side-Channel projects.

**Qualifications**:

- Knowledge of Side-Channel Attacks;
- Knowledge of FPGA, ASIC and Embedded systems design;
- Qualitative and quantitative analytical skills;
- Understanding of symmetric and asymmetric cryptographic algorithms and hash functions;
- Knowledge of signal processing;
- Test automation experience;
- Hardware or Software security background;
- Good coding skills and familiarity with languages such as C, C++, Python, Assembly etc;
- Knowledge of complex system features such as coherency and IP design;
- Debugging techniques;
- System design knowledge.