# Cyber Security Engineer

**Company**: Wayve
**Location**: Leonberg
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We are seeking an exceptional Cyber Security Engineer to join our Germany-based team, focused on localising and advancing Wayve's autonomous driving technology for the German market.

As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will play a hands-on role in shaping our AV capabilities in Germany from the ground up. Your day-to-day tasks will include:

- TARA Assessment of core onboard SW

- Defining system assets and preliminary security level architecture

- Leading TARA assessments per architecture definition

- Deriving external and internal vulnerabilities and control mitigations

- Developing a cybersecurity concept and plan that supports OEM cybersecurity compliance

- Enlisting both onboard and development SW and third-party library entry points and risks and mitigation plans

- Leading SW DevOp security requirements and validation

- Leading specifications for SW DevOp nightly regression flow with respect to security screening

- Leading design reviews, defining a method and a flow for security improvements, vulnerability and pentests

- Collaborating with OEMs and Tier 1s to align on external requirements/assumptions based on formulated cybersecurity concept

- Participating in penetration testing alignment and collaborating live with security consultants or red teams

As part of our mission to scale end-to-end embodied AI for autonomous driving, we are building a fully automotive-compliant ML software product. You will be critical in defining what level and mitigation policies the company must follow as part of DevOp operation and which security assumptions are translated to OEM and Tier 1 responsibilities as part of the in-vehicle architecture.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity systems engineering

- Proven experience orchestrating company's cybersecurity DevOp policies, running report investigations, and ability to drive SW improvements with respect to cybersecurity

- Ability to apply TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment), experience with STRIDE, HEAVENS 2.0, attack trees, or similar frameworks

- Understanding of ISO/SAE 21434 and mapping threats to cybersecurity goals

- Skill in assessing impact × feasibility, and converting results into mitigations

- Familiarity with Secure Boot, TPM, HSMs, and key provisioning

- Understanding of vehicle trust boundaries, secure diagnostics, and network segmentation

- Hands-on experience in fuzzing, static analysis, reverse engineering, and using tools like Wireshark, CANoe, Binwalk, Ghidra, IDA, Metasploit, AFL, etc.

- Comfort working with CI/CD pipelines to enforce security gates

- Ability to work cross-functionally and translate domain analysis into technical and product requirements

- Experience working in an agile, fast-scaling environment with a strong execution mindset

Benefits:

- Salaries benchmarked against the market annually

- Meaningful equity, sharing in the ownership and long-term success of Wayve

- Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable

- Hybrid working, core hours, and the chance to work hands-on in vehicle workshops and labs

- Learning and development budgets with support for training, conferences, and growth

- Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, team socials, and more

## Skills

### Required
- TARA
- STRIDE
- HEAVENS 2.0
- ISO/SAE 21434
- Secure Boot
- TPM
- HSMs
- Wireshark
- CANoe
- Binwalk
- Ghidra
- IDA
- Metasploit
- AFL
- C/C++
- Python

### Nice to have
- automotive systems cybersecurity
- ECU architecture and protocols

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