Senior Hardware Security Researcher

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a publicly funded research institute, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is home to a diverse community of leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and researchers from across the globe, transforming problems and roadblocks into pioneering research and technology prototypes that help move society ahead.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute advanced hardware security evaluations, including side-channel attacks (CPA, DPA, EM, TVLA) and fault injection techniques (voltage glitching, EMFI, laser fault injection).
• Architect and implement custom test benches, toolchains, and automation frameworks for hardware attacks and secure system assessments.
• Perform in-depth analysis of cryptographic implementations, secure boot processes, and embedded firmware across a variety of microcontroller and SoC platforms.
• Contribute to the design and review of secure embedded systems, including secure boot, hardware root of trust, cryptographic modules, and TRNG/PRNG implementations.
• Participate in the reverse engineering of hardware and firmware for vulnerability discovery.
• Deliver clear, well-documented technical reports.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in hardware or embedded security, with a proven hands-on work in SCA, FI, and cryptographic system evaluation.
• Strong understanding of applied cryptography, secure protocol design, and embedded crypto implementations.
• Knowledge in tools such as ChipWhisperer, Riscure Inspector, or custom-built fault injection/SCA platforms.
• Experience with embedded systems (ARM Cortex-M, RISC-V, STM32, etc.) and debugging interfaces (JTAG, SWD, UART, SPI).
• Advanced programming skills in Python, C, and assembly for hardware interfacing.
• Solid knowledge of lab instrumentation: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, pulse generators, etc.
  
  

At TII, we help society to overcome its biggest hurdles through a rigorous approach to scientific discovery and inquiry, using state-of-the-art facilities and collaboration with leading international institutions. Our rigorous discovery and inquiry-based approach helps to forge new and disruptive breakthroughs in advanced materials, autonomous robotics, cryptography, digital security, directed energy, quantum computing and secure systems.

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