Tech – Cybersecurity Engineer: Post-Quantum Cryptography Engineering

Quantum computers pose a real threat to the cryptographic algorithms that secure the internet today. Algorithms like RSA and elliptic curve cryptography, which underpin the security of modern communications and data, could be broken by a sufficiently powerful quantum computer. As part of this internship, you will work on the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), gaining hands-on experience with algorithms that NIST has recently standardised, including ML-KEM and ML-DSA, and testing them across real network environments. You will also work with Hardware Security Module (HSM) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to understand how quantum-safe algorithms and protocols integrate with existing security infrastructure. Your findings will feed directly into architecture recommendations for government systems and serve as reference material for engineers working on ongoing PQC initiatives. This project sits at the intersection of applied cryptography and practical cybersecurity engineering and is well suited for someone who appreciates the elegance of applied mathematics and enjoys engineering work with real-world impact.