Hardware Deconstructor of Integrated Circuits at FRA
Workplace: Stockholm, Sverige
Expires: August 24, 2025
Work on analyzing and deconstructing hardware systems and integrated circuits to support Sweden's security and integrity within a knowledge-intensive environment at FRA.
Main requirements:
- Academic degree in Electrical Engineering, Technical Physics, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience through work.
- Work experience in a lab environment.
- Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both verbal and written.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze and deconstruct hardware systems and integrated circuits from security and vulnerability perspectives.
- Hardware deconstruction and exploitation of embedded systems by analyzing architecture, electronics, interfaces, and software to identify vulnerabilities.
- Preprocessing and preparation of integrated circuits to examine their structure and develop methods for functional analysis.
- Development and implementation of methods, tools, and interfaces for data extraction from integrated circuits found in computers and embedded systems.
- Documentation of methods and reporting of analysis results.
- Conduct research, development, and knowledge gathering.
- Travel may occur domestically and internationally.
Required hard skills:
- Lab work experience.
- Good skills in electronic measurement instruments like oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic and protocol analyzers, LabVIEW, or complex test systems with control and measurement.
- Programming skills in at least one: C, C++, Python, Rust, or assembler.
Recommended hard skills:
- Academic education within chemistry.
- Experience in design or debugging of digital electronics, preferably at the silicon level, including buses, communication protocols, and interfaces.
- Experience working with instruments such as FIB, SEM, laser/plasma etchers, sputtering or similar.
- Experience in the semiconductor industry.
Soft skills:
- Ability to work persistently on time-consuming tasks while maintaining enthusiasm.
- Collaboration and willingness to share expertise and be receptive to others' ideas.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
Coding languages:
- C
- C++
- Python
- Rust
- Assembler
Natural languages:
- Swedish (Proficient)
- English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
- Team collaboration
- Adaptability to a security-classified and confidential work environment
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