Hardware Security Engineer, FPGA/ASICCOLSA is seeking a Hardware Security Engineer with FPGA/ASIC experience to join our team in Huntsville, Alabama. This position will support the design and development of secure FPGA/ASIC solutions, with a focus on protecting critical hardware and systems from security threats and vulnerabilities. • Designs, develops, reviews, and modifies complex hardware devices and systems. • Designs, implements, reviews, and verifies FPGA and ASIC architectures using VHDL, Verilog, and System Verilog. • Performs RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, and hardware validation throughout the development lifecycle. • Integrates hardware security capabilities into FPGA and ASIC designs, including cryptographic modules, secure boot, key management, and hardware root of trust technologies. • Develops and reviews secure hardware solutions to protect critical functions, intellectual property, and sensitive data from reverse engineering, tampering, and other hardware-based threats. • Supports FPGA/ASIC prototyping, hardware bring-up, laboratory testing, troubleshooting, and verification of hardware and security features. • Supports threat modeling, Critical Program Information (CPI) protection, anti-tamper, and supply-chain risk assessments. • Integrates protection technologies into hardware systems and evaluates their compatibility and effectiveness against applicable requirements. • Compiles and evaluates design, test, and verification data and prepares technical specifications and engineering documentation. • Works with technical and program stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate design trades and solutions, and assess implementation approaches, costs, impacts, and effectiveness. • Prepares and presents technical findings, identified vulnerabilities, risks, and recommended mitigation strategies.
Required Experience:- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant hardware engineering experience
- Experience leading complex engineering projects from planning through execution and delivery.
- Experience planning and executing technical projects, including managing milestones, deliverables, schedules, risks, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Experience with hardware testing and validation, including developing test plans, analyzing results, troubleshooting issues, and documenting technical outcomes.
- Experience with hardware security, secure hardware design, anti-tamper, or related hardware protection technologiesU.S. citizenship required.
- Active Secret security clearance required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Salary Type: Annually
The salary range, if referenced, represents a good faith estimate. COLSA considers various factors when determining base salary offers, but not limited to, location, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.
COLSA offers a comprehensive and customizeable benefits program which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Supplemental Income Protection Programs, 401(k) with company match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Education & Certification Reimbursement, Employee Discount Program, Paid Time Off and Holidays.
