Performance Researcher

Job Description

Join Intel as a Performance Researcher! The Performance Researcher is responsible for leading or taking an active role in complex, multidisciplinary security research projects. Commands deep pervasive pulse on Intel business/technologies and emerging threat landscape in hacker community to prioritize offensive security research focus.

Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Willing to navigate around ambiguities and obstacles to independently solve complex problems.
• Demonstrated expertise in vulnerability discovery, analysis and exploitation.
• Explores and invents software and hardware techniques as a method of attack against compute targets.
• Develops proof of concepts to characterize exploitability and impacts.
• Recommends systemic mitigations and demonstrates their robustness across a diverse portfolio of products.
• Leads automation pathfinding to improve security assurance capabilities of product teams.
• Shares expert insights and new learning and contributes intellectual property to internal and external communities.

The ideal candidate should exhibit the following behavioral traits:

• Autodidact professional eager to learn new domains.
• Strong verbal, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• An autodidact who is eager to learn new domains.
• A team player, always eager to learn more and educate others.

Qualifications

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

The candidate must have a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science and 9+ years of experience -OR- High School Diploma/equivalent and 9+ years of experience, including the following:

• Low-level development language: Rust/ C/ C++.

• System programming experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multiple popular languages (Java/Python/ Node.js).
• Experience reading or writing assembly (x86, x64, ARM, MIPS, SPARC, or others).
• Experience with Linux kernel development.
• Experience contributing to one or many open-source projects.

Inside this Business Group

Enable amazing computing experiences with Intel Software continues to shape the way people think about computing – across CPU, GPU, and FPGA architectures. Get your hands on new technology and collaborate with some of the smartest people in the business. Our developers and software engineers work in all software layers, across multiple operating systems and platforms to enable cutting-edge solutions. Ready to solve some of the most complex software challenges? Explore an impactful and innovative career in Software.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, stock, bonuses, as well as, benefit programs which include health, retirement, and vacation. Find more information about all of our Amazing Benefits here.
Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in US, Colorado, New York, Washington, California: $999.00-$999,999.00

• Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience

Working Model

This role is available as a fully home-based and generally would require you to attend Intel sites only occasionally based on business need. This role may also be available as our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. In certain circumstances the work model may change to accommodate business needs.

JobType

Fully Remote