Hardware Security Engineer - Intern
We are dedicated to advancing the accessibility and security of digital assets worldwide.
Join us in this important mission.
Founded in 2014, Ledger is a global platform in the field of digital assets and Web3. Our Ledger Nanos secure over 20% of the world's crypto assets. With headquarters in Paris and Vierzon, and additional offices in the UK, US, Switzerland, and Singapore, we have a team of over 700 professionals working on a range of products and services that empower individuals and businesses to securely buy, store, exchange, grow, and manage crypto assets. Our Ledger hardware wallets are already used by millions of customers across 200 countries.
Duration: 6 months
Start date: January/February 2024
Your role:
- Conduct research to analyze the efficiency of Deep Learning (DL) in breaking cryptographic implementations on embedded devices, focusing on complex SoCs and different leakage models.
- Explore various DL architectures to enable side-channel attacks on real-life targets, initially concentrating on an IoT target and simple cryptographic algorithms, and later shifting towards a recent SoC.
Technical skills required:
- Conduct extensive research on hardware attacks using side channel techniques.
- Perform hardware security reviews of newly launched products.
- Collaborate with product and development teams to ensure the highest level of security for Ledger's products.
- Develop and maintain code for hardware attacks, including side-channel attack library and bench tooling.
- Present research findings at academic and hacking conferences worldwide.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
- Familiarity with the field of deep learning.
- Strong programming skills in Python and C, and/or Rust.
- Knowledge in areas such as side-channel analysis, signal processing, and statistics.
- Proficiency in English.
Perks of working with us:
- Flexibility: Hybrid work policy.
- Social: Regular social events, snacks, and drinks.
- High tech: Access to high-performance office equipment and gadgets, including Apple products.
- Transportation: We reimburse 75% of your preferred means of transportation.
- Food: We provide lunch vouchers with Swile.
- Vacation: 1 day off for every full month worked.
We are committed to equal opportunity employment, without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age.
