Student Assistant in Software Development for Cyber Security
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft · Bonn · up to 20 hours a week
HiWiGerman needed: fluent
Still open on 2 NovKey facts
- Pay
- Paid by a company pay agreement for students
- Hours
- Up to 20 hours a week
- Duration
- 12 months
- Job starts
- As soon as possible
- Where you work
- Company and home
- Language needed
- German and English
- Subject you study
- Computer Science
What you'll do
- You support the development of our open-source project FACT (Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool).
- You get familiar with technologies and methods to improve FACT.
- You test new technical approaches for firmware extraction and analysis for integration into FACT.
- You also implement new features and optimizations of existing ones.
What you need
- Ongoing studies in computer science (Bachelor or Master)
- Strong interest in cyber security topics such as operating system security, firmware analysis and binary analysis
- Routine use of Docker and GitHub
- Subject knowledge is an advantage, e.g. creating signatures for YARA or libmagic, and using Ghidra
- Experience in software development in Python and with PostgreSQL/sqlalchemy
- In addition, you bring motivation, initiative and a reliable way of working, and have good German and English skills in speaking and writing
What you get
- Be part of a committed and collegial team
- Application-oriented research topics between research and industry
- Practical experience alongside your studies
- Family-friendly and international culture
- Flexible working hours and partly mobile working
- Pay according to the company agreement on employing student assistants