Full-time

Hardware Security Engineer - RTL / Cryptography

Posted by European Tech Recruit • Amsterdam, Gem. Amsterdam; Noord-Holland, Netherlands

📍 Amsterdam, Gem. Amsterdam; Noord-Holland 🕒 March 01, 2026

About the Role

Hardware Security Engineer - RTL / Cryptography

We are partnered with a fast growing semiconductor start-up in the Netherlands working on cutting-edge secure CPU technologies. The team is looking to bring on a hardware Security Engineer to take ownership of designing secure architectures capable of withstanding advanced physical attacks. This is a role for an RTL expert who is passionate about building "attack-resistant" silicon.

This is a permanent opportunity based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Key Responsibilities for this Hardware Security Engineer position:

  • Design and implement high-performance cryptographic hardware accelerators (AES, ECC, RSA, SHA) using SystemVerilog.
  • Architect and integrate side-channel (SCA) and fault-injection (FI) countermeasures directly into hardware logic.
  • Perform deep security evaluations, simulating real-world physical attack scenarios to i...

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