Description
We are looking for students with an interest in cryptography to join a 6-month internship with HP's cryptography engineering strategy team, based in Bristol with the company's Security Lab that researches the future of security technologies and techniques to make computing devices and data more secure for users and enterprises.
This internship is an exciting opportunity to apply your cryptographic expertise to the development of cutting-edge products, to contribute to HP strategy and increase the effectiveness of cryptographic engineering, and to do it all within the collaborative culture at HP.
The successful candidate would work with HP cryptographers to ensure the secure deployment of cryptography, advising on product design and choice of cryptographic primitives, and prototyping and investigating the use of new cryptographic capabilities.
Responsibilities: During the internship you will be given a project to explore approaches, designs or techniques to achieve outcomes. The specific project will be defined with your interests and skillsets in mind, with possible topic areas including, but not limited to, quantum resistance, secure protocol design, and cryptographic security assessment.
Mandatory skills and experience required:
- Studying towards a Doctoral, Master's, or possibly a Bachelor's university degree in a relevant topic
- Expertise in theoretical or applied cryptography
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Keen to learn and able to progress on live projects as part of a team or independently
Additional desirable skills and experience:
- Practical experience of cryptographic libraries
- Familiarity with cryptographic protocols
- Awareness of system security analysis concepts
- Ability to be innovative in the area of cryptography or its application