Overview
What this challenge is about.
Design a Secure Wi-Fi Onboarding Flow for IoT Devices. Advanced challenge in design. Designing real products under real constraints, earn a blockchain-verifi...
The Brief
What you'll do, and what you'll demonstrate.
Design a BLE-based secure Wi-Fi onboarding protocol for IoT devices, including threat model, recovery flows, and a test plan the hardware team can execute.
This is not a design exercise. It is the work a product designer does between a brief and a shipped interface. That distinction matters to every hiring manager who has seen candidates redesign Spotify's homepage and none who have worked under real product constraints.
When you finish, you will have something most graduates do not: a real-world deliverable, verified by Ewance, that you can show to a hiring manager and say "I did this. Here is the proof."
Earning criteria — what you'll demonstrate
- Design a multi-layer protocol crossing link-layer (BLE) and application-layer
- Apply ECDH + AES-GCM to a real provisioning use case
- Threat-model an IoT onboarding flow against realistic attackers
- Hand off a protocol design that a hardware team can build from
Program Fit
Where this fits in your program.
Sharpens the same skills your degree expects you to demonstrate.
Computer Networks
Bachelor · Networking
Strong alignment
This challenge maps to Computer Networks at the Bachelor level. It sharpens the same practical skills your coursework expects — but in a real industry context with actual constraints and deliverables.
Skills
Skills you'll demonstrate.
Each one shows up on your verified credential.
- Link Layer Protocols
Apply link layer protocols to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Ble
Apply ble to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Secure Onboarding
Apply secure onboarding to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Threat Modeling
Apply threat modeling to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Application Protocols
Apply application protocols to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
- Stakeholder Communication
Apply stakeholder communication to solve real industry problems and demonstrate production-level capability.
Careers
Career paths this challenge builds toward
Completing this challenge demonstrates skills that transfer directly to these roles: