Senior Embedded Security Architect for Automotive & IoT

STMicroelectronics Italia seeks a Senior Expert in Embedded Software Security to define and oversee security across RFOC subgroup products for automotive and non-automotive markets. You will drive secure lifecycle practices, threat analysis, and audits with a strong emphasis on ASPICE, ISO/SAE 21434, Common Criteria and SESIP.

You will lead security by design, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with quality, project management, and product stakeholders to maintain high security standards

Define and supervise the software security strategy for RFOC subgroup products. Lead the design of secure embedded software architectures for automotive and non-automotive applications. Establish security requirements, security controls, and architectural principles aligned with product and market needs. Review and approve security-related design decisions, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulations. Support threat analysis, risk assessment, and security concept activities for embedded systems. Drive software security activities across the full development lifecycle: requirements management, architecture and detailed design, implementation, integration, verification and testing. Ensure security features are implemented consistently and robustly across software components. Guide engineering teams in adopting secure development practices and maintaining traceability from security requirements to validation evidence. Promote and enforce secure coding practices across embedded software teams. Perform or lead secure code reviews, vulnerability assessments, and remediation planning. Define security development guidelines, coding rules, and defensive programming practices. Contribute to the analysis and mitigation of software vulnerabilities and security weaknesses. Work closely with software engineering teams to drive execution and quality across security-related activities. Provide technical leadership and coaching to engineers involved in security requirements, design, implementation, integration, and testing. Collaborate with project management, quality assurance, product management, system engineering, and other stakeholders. Help teams make practical, risk-based decisions when ideal solutions are constrained by technical, timing, cost, or program realities. Adapt to changing priorities, evolving planning, and shifting technical constraints. Sustain performance during workload peaks and operate effectively under pressure in large and challenging projects. Manage trade-offs and compromises when the optimal path is not feasible, while preserving security integrity as much as possible. Support issue resolution and escalation management for security-related risks and execution blockers. Stay current with emerging trends in embedded security, automotive cybersecurity, and secure development methodologies. Champion innovation in development workflows, including the use of AI-driven tools and methodologies to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency. Identify opportunities to simplify processes, automate repetitive tasks, and improve the effectiveness of security engineering practices. Contribute to continuous improvement of tools, methods, templates, and best practices. Experience in embedded software design and development is required. Experience in software security, security architecture, or cybersecurity engineering for embedded products is required. Experience in automotive development environments with ASPICE-based processes is required. Hands-on knowledge of ISO/SAE 21434, automotive cybersecurity practices, Common Criteria and SESIP is required. Experience with secure coding, code reviews, and mitigating security vulnerabilities is required. Experience supporting security audits, quality reviews, and customer-facing security assessments is required.