Senior Product Security Analyst, PQShield
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Quantum-resistant cryptography
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Quantum-resistant cryptography
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
Plus share option scheme
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create the global standards and core technologies that power the security layer for 500 of the world's leading organisations.
Role
Who you are
- While we are currently hiring for one position within our Product Security team, we are open to considering candidates at both mid and senior levels
- This advert reflects a more senior scope, but we welcome applications from strong Product Security Analysts who may not yet meet every requirement at the senior level
- Candidates should have a degree in Electronic Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent
- We hope that you have at least 7 years of experience, but also an open, research-oriented mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A commitment to high quality engineering in all areas of their work, including advocating for the best long-term solutions over the easiest or quickest
- 7+ years of experience working as a vulnerability analyst with a focus on embedded software security
- Knowledge of micro-architectural effects on different embedded platforms
- Knowledge of setting up fuzzing campaigns
- Knowledge of post-quantum cryptography standards
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- Version control using Git
- Programming languages for embedded platforms such as C and assembly
- Confidence using tools like Bash, CMake and Makefiles safely and sensibly
- Simulation tools like QEMU
Desirable
- Experience architecting, implementing and deploying fuzzing campaigns
- Experience verifying security properties, and/or cryptographic IPs
- Knowledge of Industry standard SoC Security Architectures
- Experience working on secure element or smart cards designs
- Experience using Gitlab CI, or otherwise principles of continuous integration and testing
What the job involves
- Reports to: Lead Product Security Analyst
- PQShield is looking for an experienced software security expert with a focus on embedded software to expand our product security team
- This is a great opportunity for career progression and to make an immediate impact in a rapidly expanding segment of the semiconductor industry (Post-Quantum Cryptography and RISC-V)
- Build and maintain the fuzzing infrastructure within the company
- Set up fuzzing tests and maintain coverage of our different pure software and hardware / software co-design IPs
- Ensure our cryptography implementations do not leak any secret information due to micro-architectural issues
- Provide feedback to architects and engineers on resistance to micro-architectural attacks
- Collaborate with engineering to integrate fuzzing and constant-time tests in their continuous-integration flows
- Conduct research into micro-architectural attack techniques and countermeasures on post-quantum cryptography algorithms
Our take
Demand for quantum-ready solutions has been on the rise as companies seek to defend against the quantum security threat. PQShield is the only algorithm-agnostic cybersecurity company that demonstrates and delivers quantum-safe cryptography on chips, in applications, and in the cloud.
Setting the global standards for post-quantum cryptography, the company’s researchers and advisory board led the US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s post-quantum standardisation project. This demonstrates the levels of experience and expertise that have built the organization, which allows it to operate at the front of the industry.
Supported by strong funding, PQShield has continued R&D, furthered partnerships and widened its customer base. The latest influx of capital will allow the company to deliver real-world, post-quantum hardware and software upgrades to help businesses keep up with the standards of today and tomorrow.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2024
$37m
SERIES B
Jan 2023
$0.5m
GRANT
Total funding: $65m
Company benefits
- Remote first (work wherever is best)
- A WFH allowance for our remote-working colleagues
- High-end IT equipment (multiple platforms)
- Generous pension contribution
- Private health cover for you and your immediate family
- 50% reimbursed from your gym membership
- Many more perks, depending on where you’re based
Company HQ
Summertown, Oxford, UK
Leadership
Dr. Ali El Kaafarani
(Founder & CEO)Former Postdoctoral Researcher and current Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. Former Research engineer at HP. Received their Ph.D in Cryptography from the University of Bath.
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