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Software and cybersecurity engineer · 25 years · embedded and automotive systems

Experience
Senior Cyber Safety Engineer
Stellantis · 2022 – present
System cybersecurity and safety for ADAS modules on production programs: threat analysis and risk assessment, ISO/SAE 21434 and UN R155 compliance, CSMS evidence, cybersecurity A-SPICE, SecOC and MACsec decisions, supplier compliance management. The daily work is making safety and security processes produce one coherent argument.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Magna Electronics · 2019 – 2022
Product cybersecurity for ADAS ECUs from requirements through V&V, manufacturing and functional safety. Led two ADAS projects on the cybersecurity side, supported new-program quotes and wrote the division's cybersecurity training. Tools: Vultara, Medini, Defensics, CANoe, KeyWriter.
Software Robustness Engineer / Advanced Technology Specialist
General Motors · 2015 – 2019
ADAS test scenarios and quality representation; HMI rapid prototyping; ADAS cybersecurity architecture, TARA and secure coding on R-Car and dSPACE platforms. Earlier, telematics tooling and secure intranet development for OnStar (2013 – 2015).
Lead Software Engineer
Chrysler Group · 2010 – 2013
Led a six-engineer team across Asia-Pacific and North America: model-based development in Simulink/TargetLink, configuration management, coding and static-analysis standards, CMMI process work with the SEI, and the group's first cybersecurity architecture work.
Embedded software, Mexico and Michigan
Delphi · Sasken · ATI · 2001 – 2010
Low-level software for Freescale, Microchip and NEC microcontrollers, CAN diagnostics (KWP2000, GMLAN), AUTOSAR and MISRA projects, Linux BSP and power management on OMAP, communication protocols (XCP, CCP) and licensing security redesign. Team leadership from 2001.
Standards and methods

ISO/SAE 21434 · UN R155 / R156 · ISO 26262 · ISO 21448 (SOTIF) · Automotive SPICE · IEC 62443 · MITRE ATT&CK for ICS · STPA / STPA-Sec · SecOC · MACsec · AUTOSAR · MISRA · CMMI

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Education
PhD Candidate, ECE
Oakland University · GPA 3.88 · expected 2027
M.S. Information Assurance
Davenport University · GPA 3.76
B.S. Electronics Engineering
ITVER, Veracruz, Mexico · digital systems
Abilities
Embedded systems programming20 yrs
Automotive cybersecurity10+ yrs
Ethical hacking12+ yrs
Scripting (Python, PowerShell)10+ yrs
Tools development7+ yrs
Cloud (AWS, Azure)5 yrs
Software development with AI3 yrs
Certifications
CompTIA Security+
credential 35ESDPM5FJRE123W
Automotive Cybersecurity
SAE · ISO/SAE 21434