HP Computer Security Research Intern 

United Kingdom, England, Bristol 

12248270

Computer Security Research Intern

Description -

Areas of interest include supply chain security; isolation and threat mitigation mechanisms rooted in robust hardware security; researching endpoint threats across hardware, firmware and software; investigating and prototyping the use of new cryptographic capabilities and protocols down to the hardware and firmware levels; as well as security of AI, and for AI deployments at the Edge. There will be a variety of projects which can be matched to your skill sets, and you will work with researchers and technologists in the business units to design, prototype, and demonstrate the feasibility and value of your work.

A salary shall be paid to interns.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of state of the art in the relevant areas of research

• Navigate uncertainties in the research while working with the team to identify novel technological paths

• Work with the research team to design a solution which addresses the limitations of the existing approaches, and also be able to progress the research

• Demonstrate feasibility of the solution (e.g., paper, prototype, etc.)

• Present the work to the team and the rest of the Security Lab

Mandatory skills and experience required

• Studying towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral university degree in the relevant topics

• Knowledge and practical experience in one of the following technical areas:

  • computer system architecture;

  • programming (C, C++, Python, C#, Rust, Go);

  • theoretical or applied cryptography;

  • generative AI and python for AI

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Keen to learn and able to progress on live projects

Advantageous skills and experience

• Awareness of system security analysis concepts

• Low level software and firmware development (OS kernel, hypervisor, compiler, embedded systems

• Trusted computing (e.g. Trusted Platform Modules), digital signatures, and public key infrastructures

• Practical experience of cryptographic libraries

• Knowledge and experience analysing software and firmware threats

• Digital integrated circuit design (SoC, FPGA, VHDL, Verilog, synthesis, emulation)

Full time

No shift premium (United Kingdom)

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