Platform Security Research Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Security Lab. The role will be focused on designing platform security for endpoint devices, with particular emphasis on hardware-firmware co-design and on designing and using robust hardware roots of trust and security properties. You’ll also collaborate with business R&D teams to ensure business impact drives our development strategy.

You will be contributing to HP’s security research, contributing to analysis of use cases and threats, as well as designing and prototyping novel security architecture to help inform the design of future products and services. You will be working closely with systems security research engineers, and with security technologists across HP.

The candidate will have solid technical skills and a background in computer engineering and architecture, ideally with knowledge in systems security and some understanding of enterprise IT architectures. This position requires a strong engineer who can communicate effectively about low level computer architecture and security.

This will be a fixed-term research engineering contract position, initially for up to 18 months.

• Develop new hardware and firmware security architecture
• Build prototypes to de-risk and demonstrate feasibility of ideas
• Document architecture and technical designs
• Validate use cases with end-users and business partners
• Work in a fast-paced environment that iterates and evolves rapidly

• Experience with hardware and firmware technologies (x86, ARM, UEFI, PCIe, DMA, etc.)
• Knowledge of computer architecture
• Strong engineering skills
• Knowledge or interest in endpoint security
• Ability to convey technical knowledge to both technical experts and non-technical teams alike

• Knowledge in systems security
• Knowledge of enterprise IT (device and security) management
• Knowledge of OS kernel and hypervisor security
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent