Research Scientist - Applied Security for Industrial Systems (f/m/d)

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This position reports to

R&D Team Lead

Your role and responsibilities

In your role as a research scientist, you work with cyber security aspects of industrial platforms, software tools, networks, devices, and system architectures. Security technologies and services such as remote attestation, zero-trust networking, or continuous security and compliance management play an important role to protect industrial systems and offer innovative and usable security services to our customers. Recent advances in machine learning promise additional automation of important security aspects. • As part of diverse, multi-disciplinary teams, you design secure, sustainable, and scalable system architectures and innovative technology solutions for industrial systems. • You develop application-driven solutions and apply your (IT) security engineering knowledge, in conformance with industrial standards and regulations. • You team up to find innovative ways for interoperable and automated security services including the potentials of machine learning or artificial intelligence. • With your technical expertise, you initiate, guide, and contribute to applied research projects, and provide consultancy to product development teams. • You collaborate internationally with ABB divisions, customers, partners, startups, and renowned academic institutes. • You build prototypes and showcase your work in demonstrators inside and outside of ABB. • You secure intellectual property by patent applications and publish scientific articles. • You have the chance to continuously develop your technical expertise and personal skills.

Qualifications for the role

• We value cross-cultural communication skills and creativity, initiative, and result orientation to drive your innovations toward new products and services. Proficient English skills are mandatory.
• Above average degree in IT security, computer science, automation engineering or a related field, combined with either academic (PhD) or professional experience of at least 2 years.
• Experience with security architectures, from edge/Cloud security (e.g., container security, security & identity management, trusted computing) to network/device security (e.g., endpoint detection and response, zero trust principles)
• Experience with security engineering (e.g., security and privacy by design, threat analysis, risk assessment), and standards and regulations (e.g., IEC 62443, NIS2)
• Hands-on experience in (embedded) software development (e.g., Rust, C++, DevSecOps) and prototypical validation of security concepts
• Knowledge in one of the following fields is beneficial: domain knowledge in motion/drives or process automation
• Project management methodologies and experience (e.g., PMI, Agile, Scrum, ...) is a plus

More about us

Interested in joining our team? We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (documents submitted in English are appreciated) through our online tool. In the case of equal suitability, people with severe disabilities and their equals are given preference. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. ABB is able to offer you an interesting role within a highly motivated team, together with open communication structures. On the basis of a personal, practice-oriented induction programme, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the confidence needed to work independently and self-reliantly within your assigned area. Even after the joining phase, ABB offers a wide range of individual career development opportunities and supports you in realising your career goals with targeted training measures. At ABB you will find an attractive working environment in all phases of life - including mobility services such as bicycle leasing, policies for sabbaticals and home office, the ABB children's vacation camp and taking care of family members. ABB AG Your contact is: ABB PersonalDirekt +49 (0) 621 381 3500 ABB Data Privacy Statement: https://new.abb.com/privacy-notice/candidate