Security Engineer (Hardware Product Security and R&D)

Nortal's Applied Defence R&D serves as an innovation engine, transforming complex defence challenges into validated, deployable solutions. By combining cyber resilience, AI, data science, embedded security, and digital engineering, we deliver mission-ready prototypes and architectures. Partnering with governments, armed forces, industry, and academia, we create sovereign IP, dual-use technologies, and NATO/EU-aligned innovations that reduce risk and accelerate capability delivery.

• Contribute to security-by-design for hardware products, embedded systems, and integrated hardware-software solutions
• Perform threat modelling and security risk analysis for devices, components, interfaces, and firmware
• Define and implement hardware and firmware security controls, including secure boot, roots of trust, key protection, device identity, and secure update mechanisms
• Support secure hardware architecture and component selection from a security perspective
• Assess attack surfaces including debug interfaces, physical access, communications interfaces, and firmware update paths
• Plan and perform security testing, hardening, and validation of prototypes and product components
• Work with systems, software, electronics, and mechanical engineers to integrate security requirements into product designs
• Contribute technical content to R&D project deliverables, engineering reports, and test documentation

• Strong background in cyber security, embedded systems, electronics, or secure product engineering
• Practical experience bringing hardware products or complex prototypes from design to tested implementation
• Understanding of embedded architectures, firmware, PCB-level interfaces, and hardware-software integration
• Experience with secure boot, hardware roots of trust, TPM/secure elements, cryptographic key handling, or secure firmware updates
• Experience using security testing and debugging tools for embedded or hardware systems

Nice to have

• Experience in defence, critical infrastructure, or multi-partner R&D projects is an advantage
• Relevant security or embedded-system certifications are a plus, not mandatory

• We care about your growth & development. At Nortal, we support constant improvement and knowledge sharing
• We prioritise your health & well-being by providing a flexible package for health insurance and sports initiatives
• We support your work-life balance and provide flexible working hours
• It's your choice whether you want to work from the office or remotely within Estonia