Senior Embedded Crypto Software Developer

About the role

Join NXP’s Competence Center Crypto & Security to design and implement state‑of‑the‑art cryptographic libraries for a wide range of products, from automotive to IoT. You will work on high‑performance, low‑memory‑footprint software that meets stringent security certifications.

Key responsibilities

• Specify and implement cross‑platform cryptographic algorithms, including post‑quantum primitives.
• Design and integrate software countermeasures against side‑channel and fault attacks.
• Collaborate with OS, firmware, test, and platform teams to ensure secure integration.
• Support product certification processes and maintain compliance with standards such as Common Criteria up to EAL 6+.

Required profile

• BSc, MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related field.
• Extensive experience in embedded software development using C and assembly.
• Deep understanding of microcontroller architectures, especially ARM Cortex‑M and RISC‑V.
• Strong debugging and analysis capabilities.

Required skills

• C programming
• Assembly language
• ARM Cortex‑M architecture
• RISC‑V architecture
• Debugging and performance analysis
• Implementation of cryptographic primitives (DES, AES, RSA, ECC, SHA)
• Hardware and software countermeasures for side‑channel and fault attacks
• Post‑Quantum Cryptography (plus)
• Rust (plus)