WORK EXPERINCE
11/2023 – CURRENT
CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER – ATS Automotive Engineering
Main activities and responsibilities:
– Collaborate with OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers on cybersecurity activities, ensuring alignment with project objectives and industry standards
– Conduct security risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities and threats in automotive systems
– Develop and adapt cybersecurity architecture to meet the specific requirements of each project
– Create system and software requirements with a focus on cybersecurity
– Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to foster collaboration and ensure the successful implementation of cybersecurity measures
Product(s): Autonomous electric bus
06/2022 – 10/2023
SYSTEM ENGINEERING TEAM LEAD – Hella
Main activities and responsibilities:
– Manage a team of system engineers and requirements engineers, providing mentorship, guidance and performance feedback to ensure professional growth and high-quality project delivery.
Product(s): Radar ECUs (ADAS)
12/2019 – 10/2023
SYSTEM ENGINEER – Hella
Main activities and responsibilities:
– Overall technical contact person for the customer
– Perform requirements elicitation
– Create/adapt the System Architecture
– Responsible for System and Software requirements
– Develop and offer support for safety and security work products
– Offer support for development and testing teams on various technical topics
– Work in close cooperation with project managers, software project managers, requirements engineers and test managers
Product(s): Radar ECUs (ADAS)
09/2017 – 11/2019
CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER – Hella
Main activities and responsibilities:
– Establish security development interface agreement with OEMs
– Perform cybersecurity requirements elicitation
– Accountable in terms of system and software requirements, architecture, support for development and testing for the cybersecurity technical concepts, covering the following main areas:
• Secure on-board communication
• Secure programming
• Secure diagnosis
• Secure hardening
• Secure production
Product(s): Radar ECUs (ADAS) & Trailer Interface Module ECUs (Body)
01/2015 – 08/2017
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER – Hella
Main activities and responsibilities:
– Develop software code
– Maintain software source code files
– Perform MISRA checks and conduct code reviews
Product(s): Sensors, Actuators, Pumps
LANGUAGE SKILLS
ENGLISH – C1
GERMAN – B2
ROMANIAN – Mother tongue
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2018 – 2023
PHD – Politehnica University of Timisoara
Field of study: Automotive Cybersecurity
Thesis: Enhanced Security Functionalities with Android Devices inside Vehicles
2016 – 2018
MASTER OF ENGINEERING (M.ENG.) – Politehnica University of Timisoara
Field of study: Automotive Embedded Software
2016 – 2018
MASTER’S DEGREE – Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Field of study: Management
2012 – 2016
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (B.ENG.) – Politehnica University of Timisoara
Field of study: Computer Science
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