Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Europe, Inc. Italy Branch Office

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Technical Standards Engineering

General Summary:

We are flexible on location and open to hiring anywhere in Europe, preferred countries are Italy or Spain.

We seek a Systems Security Engineer with experience in hardware security platforms and trusted execution environments. This position requires a strong understanding of hardware security primitives, as well as security architecture and protocols for hardware security platforms such as secure ICs (e.g. secure elements/smartcards), security subsystems and trusted execution environments (e.g., TrustZone, SGX).

The candidate is expected to drive alignment and directly participate in key security initiatives including threat analysis, secure systems architecture and protocols development as well as standardization work with a focus on hardware security platforms. The candidate is expected to develop technical contributions and deliver high quality presentations to promote adoption of designs and features in standards/industry foras such as (depending on the specific project) CEN-CENELEC, ETSI, GSMA, Eurosmart, Global Platform, C2PA, Fido Alliance, and others.

Attendance to relevant standards/industry working groups with specific focus on security technologies may be part of the role. Consequently, the candidate is expected to be available to occasionally travel for week-long meetings (on average 4 to 6 meetings per year are to be expected, distributed between Europe, North America and Asia).

The candidate will operate in collaboration with different business units within the company, including research projects and product teams across Qualcomm. The candidate will work in an exciting environment with a team of some of the brightest systems and security experts in the industry and will have frequent interaction with other engineering disciplines.

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Must possess excellent SKILLS/EXPERIENCE in one or more of the following areas:

- Embedded platforms security (e.g., ARM TrustZone, TPMs, secure elements/smartcards)

- Applied Cryptography and security protocols such as IPsec, TLS, PKCS

- Hardware security, side channel attacks

- Security assessments and certifications: Common Criteria, FIPS,  EMVCo

- Participation in Standards Development Organizations such as CEN-CENELEC/ETSI/3GPP/IEEE/IETF  
 
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills are required.

- Ability to work independently
- Candidate should highlight any published security research in renowned conference or journals

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Masters (PhD Preferred) in CS/EE is required with at least 5+ years experience, or equivalent mix of education and experience.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

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