A Research Associate position is available in the Centre for Integrated Circuits and Systems , School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Research Associate is tasked to assist in developing a software/hardware co-design platform for prototyping secured ASIC/FPGA embedded systems, and for evaluating their associated security levels. The job requires strong ASIC design skills and good understanding on embedded systems for Internet-of-Thing applications.
Job Description:
The Research Associate will support the research for the project titled: SOCure: Assuring Hardware Security by Design in Systems on Chip. The roles of this position include testing and design evaluations based on the software platform for hardware security evaluations, including Side-Channel Attack and Trojan Detection.
Objectives:
- To benchmark/evaluate the security levels of the Crypto IC Chips
- To provide better counter-measure advices against hardware physical attack for future IC designs
- To investigate various platforms of attacks for and improve the effectiveness
Scopes:
- Pre-silicon attacks
- Post-silicon attacks
- Data pre-processing
- Data correlation/variance analyses
Job Requirements:
- Possess at least Master Degree or equivalent in Electrical & Electronics Engineering or related any field with background on Digital Integrated Circuit Design and/or Cryptography
- 3-year research experience in related area
- Expertise in side-channel-analysis, including first-order and second order attacks
- Good publication track record in related areas
- Knowledge in FPGA/ASIC design
- Knowledge of hardware security and cybersecurity
- Experience on ASIC design front-end methodologies (e.g. synthesis, simulations, modelling, verification)
- Experience on ASIC back-end methodologies (e.g. place-and-route, layout, characterization)
- Experience on Printed Circuit Board design
- Experience in software/hardware co-designs
- Possess skills in software/hardware trouble shooting
- Proficiency in English
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
