Roles#

Security Engineer
status: valid

The Security Engineer is responsible for the Security Analysis in the project. There might be several analyses on different levels (Platform, Feature and Component).

Required skills

  • Degree: Master’s degree in electrical engineering/computer science/mathematics, or similar degree, or comparable work experience

  • Deep understanding of cybersecurity engineering including security analysis

  • Knowledge of Security Management to ensure collaboration with the Security Manager

  • Technical know-how of embedded systems

  • Preferred training: Automotive Cybersecurity Expert or similar

Knowledge of standards

  • ISO/SAE 21434

  • ISO 26262

Experience

  • More than five years of experience in security engineering

  • Experience with security analysis methods

  • Experience in automotive software development projects

  • Experience in creation of work products according to ISO/SAE 21434

Responsibility

  • Analyze Feature and Component Architecture by performing Security Analysis

  • Monitor Security Analysis

  • Verify Security Analysis

  • Create the Security Manual

Authority

  • Escalation of security topics to the Security Manager

  • Creation of Issues in the Issue Tracking System for needed mitigations (accept, avoid, reduce, share)

Contributing Roles:

A detailed overview of the responsibility for the steps of the Security Analysis process is listed in the section titled “Workflow Security Analysis”. You can find it here:

Security Analysis Workflows