Senior Embedded Crypto Software Developer (Cryptography)

Location: Leuven, Belgium

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor technologies and end-to-end security solutions for automotive, payment, identification, mobile, industrial, IoT, and edge-processing applications.

What you will do

• Specify and implement state-of-the-art cryptographic algorithms, including post-quantum cryptography, across platforms.
• Design and implement software countermeasures against side-channel analysis and fault-injection attacks.
• Own cryptographic technical topics through design, implementation, code reviews, architecture contributions, and technical planning.
• Collaborate with security architects, evaluation teams, OS and firmware engineers, and platform support engineers.
• Support product certification activities, security evaluations, testing, debugging, and quality assurance.

Requirements

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in mathematics, cryptography, computer science, electronic or electrical engineering, information technology, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in cryptography and embedded security, or an equivalent combination of advanced education and experience.
• Strong understanding and implementation experience with cryptographic primitives such as ECC, RSA, AES, SHA-2, and SHA-3.
• Solid embedded software development experience with C and Assembly, plus knowledge of microcontroller architectures such as ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V.
• Knowledge of hardware and software countermeasures against side-channel and fault-injection attacks.
• Strong debugging, analysis, collaboration, ownership, and delivery skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in post-quantum cryptography.
• Experience with Rust.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with an international development team and security experts across architecture, evaluation, firmware, and certification.
• Work on cryptographic software and innovative security countermeasures for real-world products.
• Home office options and flexible working hours.
• Meal benefits and other employee benefits.
• Market-competitive compensation benchmarked against the electronic and semiconductor industry.