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Electronics & Embedded Systems Cybersecurity Engineer
Hybrid hardware/software embedded profile: embedded design and offensive security.
Visit my website: theelectronicworkbench.fr
My expertise
🔒 Security & Reverse Engineering
- Embedded & IoT Pentest (UART, JTAG, SPI, I²C, CAN, Ethernet, Bluetooth)
- Hardware Hacking: PCB reverse engineering, firmware extraction
- Firmware Reverse Engineering (Ghidra, ARM/AArch64 architectures)
- Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development
- Forensics & Data Recovery
- Bug bounty on embedded systems
- Precision soldering (BGA rework, chip-off)
🔧 Hardware Design
- Multilayer PCB Design with Kicad
- Prototyping, POC & Feasibility Studies
- Precision soldering (BGA rework, chip-off)
- 3D Modeling (Fusion 360) & 3D Printing
- Hardware Debugging (Logic Analyzer and Oscilloscope)
💻 Embedded Development
- Bare-metal & RTOS Firmware (STM32, ESP32, ARM Cortex-M)
- C, C++, Python (Embedded Linux)
- FPGA Development (VHDL, Xilinx Vivado)
Preferred Missions
- Security audits of existing embedded products
- Reverse engineering (hardware + firmware)
- Prototypes and POCs
- Short to medium term missions
Equipment & Availability
Full personal lab: soldering station + hot air, logic analyzer, oscilloscope, debug interfaces, memory extractors, 3D printers.
Full remote missions.
I work exclusively remotely.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- SATT OUEST VALORISATIONElectronics and Hardware Security EngineerSeptember 2024 - March 2026 (1 year and 6 months)Lorient, FranceFull-time employee, freelance free time. Electronics engineer (electronic board design) and embedded systems cybersecurity (IoT security audit)
- SIREN-TESTApprenticeshipJanuary 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)Lanester, FranceFPGA development, JTAG test program, electronic board design and development, microcontroller programming.
- ASTEELFLASH NORMANDIEInternshipApril 2021 - June 2021 (2 months)Rouen, FranceDiscovery of an electronic board assembly plant, mission related to ESD in an industrial environment and development of functional test benches
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Education
- Master's Degree in Complex Systems Engineering - Specialization in Embedded Systems CybersecurityUniversité Bretagne Sud2024
- Intermediate year of engineering school in electronicsENSEIRB MATMECA2023
Certifications
- Hardware.io training: Connected car hackingHardwear.io NL 20252025
- Practical hardware hacking basics training by Joe GrandHardwear.io USA 20232023