Digital Design Engineer – Cryptography
Office based in London – monthly visits required
Remote position in the UK
3 months contract – Outside IR35
Rate negotiable
5V Tech is supporting a cutting-edge silicon security company delivering trusted solutions for modern SoCs, chiplets, and connected devices. They are looking for a Digital Design Engineer with experience in Cryptography to join their project and start contributing from day 1.
They combine low-footprint security IP with lifecycle software to ensure identity, integrity, and trust are anchored directly in silicon and maintained across manufacturing, deployment, and operation.
This is a hands-on role for someone who has implemented cryptography at hardware level, not just worked on theory.
The project:
• Designing and implementing secure digital architectures for ASIC/FPGA
• Building and optimising hardware modules for cryptographic algorithms (AES, SHA, TRNG)
• Working on Root of Trust systems and secure hardware components
• Applying countermeasures against side-channel attacks
• Contributing across RTL design, verification, and timing analysis
Requirements:
• Extensive experience in digital design
• Strong background in hardware-based cryptography implementation
• Excellent Python skills
• Solid Verilog or VHDL skills
• Experience working on ASIC or FPGA targets
5V Tech are acting as an Agency for the purposes of this contract. We offer a reward scheme if you can recommend someone for this contract, up to £250 for you and an additional £250 to a charity of your choice, 5V Tech are recognised talent solutions experts within IoT and Deep Tech working across Europe, the UK and North America.
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