Olivier Bronchain
Senior Cryptographer at NXP Semiconductors
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolOlivier Bronchain is a Senior Cryptographer with 11 years of experience focused on practical, attack-resistant implementations of cryptography for embedded devices, currently driving post-quantum efforts at NXP Semiconductors in Belgium. He holds a PhD from UCLouvain (2022) on side-channel security of symmetric cryptography and combines deep security analysis with the design of countermeasures optimized for low-memory and fault-resistant environments. His work spans academia and industry—from PhD research and a postdoc to production-focused cryptography at NXP—highlighting a rare blend of theoretical rigor and hands-on embedded implementation. Outside core research he has a track record of teaching and mentoring, from university exercise sessions to running technology courses for teenagers, reflecting strong communication skills alongside technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
Master en ingénierie civil Ingénierie électrique et électronique, Master en ingénierie civil Ingénierie électrique et électronique at Université catholique de Louvain
French, English, Dutch
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Github Skills (38)
post-quantum-cryptography10
post-quantum9
python9
fhe9
public-key-cryptography9
power-analysis9
prototyping9
c-library9
cryptography8
security7
fpga7
clause6
oz6
vhdl6
if-statement6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
obronchain/LINGI-1131
Mar 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:43 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
uclcrypto/pqm4_masked
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Masked implementations of PQ schemes for the Cortex-M4.
Contributions:98 commits, 2 pushes in 2 months
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