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COLSA

Hardware Security Engineer, FPGA/ASIC

COLSA Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Defense and Space Manufacturing · 1,001-5,000 employees

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security Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Hardware Security Engineer will design, develop, and verify secure FPGA/ASIC architectures to protect critical systems from hardware-based threats. This role involves integrating cryptographic modules, performing threat modeling, and conducting hardware validation throughout the development lifecycle.

What they look for

FPGA ASIC VHDL Verilog System Verilog RTL Design Hardware Security Secure Boot Key Management Hardware Root of Trust Anti-tamper Threat Modeling Timing Analysis Hardware Validation Cryptographic Modules Supply-chain Risk Assessment

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and possess at least 2 years of hardware engineering experience. An active Secret security clearance and U.S. citizenship are mandatory requirements for this position.

Full description

COLSA 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.

At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and centered at our core value. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and be a part of our “Family of Professionals!” Learn about our employee-centric culture and benefits here: https://www.colsa.com/culture_benefits

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