PHD Improving Side-Channel Reverse Engineering M/F

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description TIMA laboratory is a public research laboratory under the joint supervision of CNRS, Grenoble INP, and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA). It is located in Grenoble, on the Viallet campus of Grenoble INP-UGA (46 avenue Félix Viallet). TIMA is a multicultural team of approximately 150 people, including researchers from around the world (permanent researchers, faculty members, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, fixed-term research engineers, scientific collaborators, visiting researchers, and interns). The laboratory's research activities cover the specification, design, verification, and testing of integrated systems, as well as computer-aided design (CAD) tools and design support methodologies. A significant proportion of this research is conducted through collaborative projects involving industrial and academic partners, funded by regional, national, and European research programmes. The laboratory therefore maintains strong ties with both industry and academia, requiring a high level of professional involvement in terms of both logistics and stakeholder relations. The black-box or grey-box security assessment of embedded systems against side-channel attacks often requires a preliminary reverse-engineering phase, which can be particularly time-consuming, especially when dealing with complex Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) such as those found in smartphones or automotive systems. This phas