Cybersecurity Engineer (TARA)

Salary: £41,500 - 71,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5-10 years of experience in automotive embedded systems, including at least 3 years in automotive cybersecurity roles
• Deep practical knowledge of the ISO/SAE 21434 lifecycle and its work products from Item Definition to CS Case
• Demonstrable experience delivering TARA using recognised methods
• Strong requirements engineering skills using Polarion or DOORS, including bidirectional traceability across the V-cycle
• Working knowledge of Automotive SPICE processes and ISO 26262 co-dependencies, including safety-security co-engineering
• Solid understanding of automotive E/E architectures, communication buses, and typical attack surfaces
• Architectural understanding of cryptographic primitives, PKI, key lifecycle, and secure boot concepts
• Working knowledge of AUTOSAR Classic security architecture

Responsibilities:

• Lead the front end of the ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity lifecycle across our products
• Drive cybersecurity activities from Item Definition and Threat Analysis & Risk Assessment through Cybersecurity Goals, Cybersecurity Concepts, and the derivation of system and software cybersecurity requirements
• Act as the technical authority for cybersecurity across the development lifecycle
• Work closely with OEM customers
• Collaborate with Systems, Software, Functional Safety, Hardware, Quality, and Programme teams to deliver secure, compliant products

Technologies:

• AUTOSAR
• Embedded
• Hardware
• Security
• SPICE

More:

We specialise in electro-mechanical systems for the Automotive and EV industry and are seeking a Cyber Security Engineer (TARA) for a contract role based in Surrey, initially for 6 months. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Automotive Cybersecurity Engineer to influence product architecture, customer engagements, and our organisational cybersecurity maturity while working across key engineering and quality teams.

last updated 31 week of 2026