Cybersecurity Hardware Engineer – Mid

Cybersecurity Hardware Engineer – Mid

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in the electrical or computer engineering field
• Experience with VHDL or OpenCL firmware programming
• Experience with HDL verification techniques, including SystemVerilog, OVM, or UVM
• Experience implementing Linux Operating Systems, including Red Hat
• Experience analyzing and executing test plans and procedures
• Experience developing or analyzing technical documentation
• Knowledge of an FPGA device, including Xilinx, Intel, or Microsemi
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CYSA, SSCP, or GSEC Certification, within 6 months of hire date

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a team-based environment to test and evaluate systems against a set of security requirements to evaluate potential risk
• Gain an understanding of and develop potential testing methodologies based on vendor provided system documentation
• Utilize functional and working or industry knowledge to review hardware description language to identify potential threat vectors
• Assess hardware and software-based cross domain systems to ensure security compliance against strict DoD requirements
• Conduct analysis and testing to identify vulnerabilities and potential threat vectors in assessing various cross-domain systems, identify exploits, and develop attack methodologies
• Apply specific functional and working or industry knowledge
• Develop or contribute to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity when needed
• Create reports based upon the results of hands-on testing and brief stakeholders on any findings identified
• Conduct research in the areas of hardware-based filtering technologies to grow understanding across the department and support business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with higher-level code development, including Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator
• Experience with ASIC design flows and FPGA architecture
• Knowledge of hardware or firmware simulation tools, including MatLab
• Knowledge of digital signal processing functions and automata theory
• Knowledge of hardware testing equipment, including oscilloscope or logic analyzer
• Knowledge of digital board design of complex mixed-signal boards to support FPGAs
• TS/SCI clearance