Senior Test Engineer
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About the Role
Beacon Red seeks a Senior Test Engineer to lead security evaluation of hardware and software against global standards like Common Criteria. You will perform vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, and cryptographic validation in a lab environment, while mentoring a team and improving methodologies.
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Responsibilities
- Analyse target products and identify threat models for electronic components under evaluation
- Develop and execute Evaluation Work Plans aligned with CC scheme rules and CEM
- Conduct design, code, and documentation reviews to verify security functional and assurance requirements
- Perform vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, fuzzing, and specialised testing (e.g., side channel, cryptographic validation)
- Build and maintain repeatable, traceable test methodologies for hardware and virtual environments in line with ISO/IEC 17025
- Produce audit ready Evaluation Technical Reports, ensuring full traceability and chain of custody
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving quality, consistency, and technical growth
- Contribute to lab capability development, including new attack techniques, tools, and internal training
Requirements
- Proven experience testing and evaluating hardware components (e.g., microchips, SoCs) including tamper resistance, secure boot, and root of trust validation
- Strong expertise in software and firmware vulnerability analysis
- At least 5 years in IT security evaluation, penetration testing, or secure product development
- Practical experience with Common Criteria (CC), CEM, or comparable standards (e.g., FIPS 140)
- Ability to perform structured threat analysis and translate findings into rigorous, repeatable test plans
- Experience producing high quality, audit ready technical documentation
- Hands on experience with side channel analysis and fault injection techniques
- Reverse engineering capabilities across hardware or firmware
- Familiarity with JTAG, debugging interfaces, or low level hardware access methods
- Strong grounding in cryptographic principles and implementation testing
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About The Opportunity
- Design how trust is verified in advanced electronic systems. You will lead the evaluation of high assurance hardware and software components against globally recognised security standards.
The Role
- You will evaluate hardware and software products to determine whether they meet strict security standards in a controlled lab environment.
- You will analyse threats, test for vulnerabilities, and validate security features through structured and repeatable methods.
- You will help define how testing is done, improving methodologies, guiding the team, and ensuring results are clear, accurate, and audit ready.
Key responsibilities
- Analyse target products and identify threat models for electronic components under evaluation
- Develop and execute Evaluation Work Plans aligned with CC scheme rules and CEM
- Conduct design, code, and documentation reviews to verify security functional and assurance requirements
- Perform vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, fuzzing, and specialised testing (e.g. side channel, cryptographic validation) as required
- Build and maintain repeatable, traceable test methodologies for hardware and virtual environments in line with ISO/IEC 17025
- Produce audit ready Evaluation Technical Reports, ensuring full traceability and chain of custody
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving quality, consistency, and technical growth
- Contribute to lab capability development, including new attack techniques, tools, and internal training
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience testing and evaluating hardware components (e.g. microchips, SoCs), including tamper resistance, secure boot, and root of trust validation
- Strong expertise in software and firmware vulnerability analysis, including identification of code weaknesses and insecure configurations
- At least 5 years in IT security evaluation, penetration testing, or secure product development
- Practical experience with Common Criteria (CC), CEM, or comparable standards (e.g. FIPS 140)
- Ability to perform structured threat analysis and translate findings into rigorous, repeatable test plans
- Experience producing high quality, audit ready technical documentation
- Hands on experience with side channel analysis and fault injection techniques
- Reverse engineering capabilities across hardware or firmware
- Familiarity with JTAG, debugging interfaces, or low level hardware access methods
- Strong grounding in cryptographic principles and implementation testing
Why This Role
- This is not conventional testing, it is evaluation at the highest assurance level, where you actively attempt to break systems to prove they are secure.
- You will work at the intersection of hardware, software, and cryptography, applying advanced attack techniques within a structured global framework.
- The role offers both technical depth and influence, shaping how complex systems are trusted in critical environments.
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