Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Location
- Darmstadt
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Job Field
- Software
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Temporary employment
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop protocols and tools for protecting privacy in data and functions while collaborating closely with PhD students and evaluating and implementing innovative cryptographic concepts.
Your role in the team
- You will primarily work in research within the ERC Consolidator Grant 'Tools for Protecting Data and Function Privacy (PRIVTOOLS)'.
- In PRIVTOOLS, we develop combinable protocols, optimizations, and tools to protect data and functions in applications.
- For this, we use and combine techniques of Multi-Party Computation (MPC), Private Function Evaluation (PFE), and Private Set Operations (PSO) such as Private Set Intersection (PSI) and Private Set Union (PSU).
- As a postdoctoral researcher at ENCRYPTO, your responsibilities include project management, close collaboration with doctoral candidates and student assistants, research in the design, optimization, implementation, and evaluation of efficient cryptographic protocols and tools for their automatic generation and publication of results at leading international conferences and journals in applied cryptography/IT security.
- At the same time, you are involved in teaching the ENCRYPTO subject area, particularly the integrated course 'Cryptographic Protocols' and supervising theses.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed doctorate at a research-intensive university in the field of applied cryptography / IT security, or the doctorate must be obtained by the start of employment.
- Completed academic university degree (Master or equivalent, Bachelor for Fast-Track PhD) in IT security, computer science, or a related discipline with excellent grades.
Qualifications
- You possess:
- Multiple publications at leading conferences/journals in applied cryptography / IT security (e.g., S&P, CCS, NDSS, USENIX Security, EUROCRYPT, CRYPTO) with CORE Ranking A*/A, ideally on cryptographic protocols / secure computation.
- Excellent English skills are required, as the working language of the field ENCRYPTO is English, and you will be discussing, drafting, and presenting scientific results in English, whereas German language skills are not necessary for the position.
- Advantages include:
- Knowledge in compiler construction and/or hardware synthesis.
- You personally stand out by:
- High self-motivation, reliability, diligence, creativity, and the ability to work independently.
- Interest in excellent research on challenging scientific problems with practical relevance.
- Interest in academic teaching and collaboration with people.
Experience
- Experience in software development, project management, and student support is required.
- Experience in cryptographic protocols such as Multi-Party Computation (MPC), Private Function Evaluation (PFE), and/or Private Set Operations (PSO) like Private Set Intersection (PSI) and Private Set Union (PSU).
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What we offer
- The Technical University of Darmstadt offers diverse and challenging tasks, independent work, current technologies, good collegial and partnership-based collaboration, needs-oriented training opportunities, and individual personnel development.
- The employment relationship also serves as a means of scientific qualification.
- Development and Design - a comprehensive internal training program as well as opportunities for further qualification and development.
- Vacation/educational leave - 30 days of vacation per year (full-time) and 5 days of educational leave.
- Sustainable and mobile - Free travel authorization throughout regional transport in Hesse with the LandesTicket Hessen according to the applicable tariff regulations, as well as mobile working.
- Fit and healthy - free medical check-ups and a comprehensive discounted sports program.
- Work-Life Balance - flexible working time models; Corporate health management.
- Retirement provision - supplementary pension scheme for public service (VBL) according to the applicable regulations.
- Family friendliness/work-life balance/family care/professional support - Childcare services as well as payment of a child allowance (according to collective agreement provisions), holiday programs.
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About Your Employer
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Around 300 academics, 4500 scientific and administrative-technical personnel, apprentices and research assistants as well as 26000 students are devoted to crucial future fields such as energy, mobility communication & information in addition to construction and housing.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Education System
Research Associate PostDoc
- Location
- Darmstadt
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
