Embedded Security Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-03 Kronach, Bavaria, Germany Full-time Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

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Market rate

4,500 EUR–6,500 EUR/mo (54,000 EUR–78,000 EUR/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

Eagle Wireless is a connectivity company delivering secure, reliable, and scalable cellular modules and solutions for automotive and IoT applications. With a strong presence in the United States and global R&D teams across North America, Europe, and APAC, Eagle Wireless supports customers worldwide with long-life, compliant, and cyber-secure connectivity products. Focused on trust, supply chain resilience, and regulatory compliance, Eagle Wireless helps OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and IoT innovators deploy connected technologies with confidence in an increasingly complex global environment. We are looking for: Embedded Security Engineer We are seeking a skilled Security Engineer to join our R&D Automotive team, focused on the vulnerability-management lifecycle for our cellular module firmware. The ideal candidate has a strong background in embedded Linux and security analysis, and is comfortable taking a raw CVE or vendor bulletin and determining, with evidence, whether it's a real risk for our product, then driving the fix across the full stack, from Linux userspace down to baseband code.

Responsibilities

  • Perform scanning and analyze of CVE/OSS for firmware releases
  • Maintain an accurate SBOM (software bill of materials) per product/release, covering open-source and proprietary vendor components.
  • Analyze whether a CVE is actually reachable and exploitable in our configuration
  • Write risk assessments and dispositions (affected / not affected / mitigated / fix planned) per product line and release for customers.
  • Prioritize fixes based on severity, exploitability, and exposure; escalate critical remotely-exploitable issues immediately.
  • Backport upstream fixes into our Yocto build
  • Integrate Qualcomm security patches, TrustZone/QTEE, and bootloader trees; adapt patches that conflict with local modifications.
  • Verify fixes end-to-end: rebuild affected images, run regression tests, and re-test proof-of-concept exploits where available.
  • Maintain patch and disposition history per firmware release; feed fixes into release planning and release notes.
  • Support customer security questionnaires, audits, and regulatory/certification needs (UNECE R155/CSMS, ISO/SAE 21434, carrier and RED/CRA requirements).
  • Improve pipeline automation: CVE scanning in CI, SBOM generation, and alerting on new advisories affecting shipped versions.

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 3+ years embedded Linux development, with strong C (and working C++) skills.
  • Hands-on Yocto/OpenEmbedded experience: BitBake recipes, layers, .bbappend/patch workflow, devtool.
  • Linux kernel patching experience: backporting fixes from mainline/LTS to a vendor kernel.
  • Solid security fundamentals: vulnerability classes, CVSS scoring, threat modeling of embedded attack surfaces.
  • Good troubleshooting instincts: comfortable with incomplete information, diagnosing on-target with serial console, gdb, and logs.
  • Proficient with git/gerrit on large multi-repo codebases, cross-compilation, and debugging on embedded targets.
  • Excellent written communication skills: able to produce clear, precise technical risk assessments for customers and auditors.
  • Qualcomm platform experience: modem/baseband codebase structure (AMSS, Hexagon DSP), TrustZone/QTEE, secure boot chain, EFS/NV configuration.
  • Cellular protocol knowledge (LTE/5G NAS/RRC, IMS/VoLTE, SIM/UICC).
  • Experience with Qualcomm tooling (QXDM/QCAT log analysis, QFIL).
  • SELinux policy, secure coding review, fuzzing, or penetration-testing experience.
  • Familiarity with automotive/regulatory security frameworks: UNECE R155, Cyber Resilience Act, carrier security requirements.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Flexible working hours and remote work options.