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Rafał Majcher

CEO

Coventry, England, United Kingdom18 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years of experience in automotive software.
  • Expert in cybersecurity and automotive engineering.
  • Led large teams in advanced driver-assistance systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Automotive Engineering expert with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

CybersecurityAutomotive

Other Skills

ISO 21434UNR155CryptographyElectronicsSystems EngineeringEthernetTCP/IPMicrocontrollersTelecommunicationsISTQBFunctional TestingAutomotive EngineeringRequirements AnalysisTestingAgile Methodologies

About

Automotive software expert with 15+ years of total professional experience. Worked on both: OEM and Tier1 sides. Worked in: Software Development, Systems Engineering, Software Testing areas. Experienced in both career paths: the technical one and the managerial one. As the MSc Electronics - a very good understanding of the hardware, too. Multiple laureate of nationwide competitions in both electronics and technical knowledge areas. Cybersecurity and Networking enthusiast. Lived in the UK for almost 2 years.

Experience

18 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Iso - international organization for standardization

2 roles

Head of Delegation (HoD) - Poland 🇵🇱, Working group: Automotive Cybersecurity

Jun 2025Present · 1 yr

Committee Member - National Expert, Working group: Automotive Cybersecurity

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Rmotive

2 roles

Director

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland · Remote

Cybersecurity Manager

Nov 2021Present · 4 yrs 7 mos · Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland · Remote

  • I am the person responsible for the entire Product Cybersecurity area of the European part of one of the automotive Tier1s, joining the roles of Cybersecurity Manager and the Cybersecurity Leader for our Cybersecurity Engineers.
  • I perform the project-level Product Cybersecurity activities, in multiple CS-relevant projects for a few European OEMs: starting from the RFI/RFQ phases (to review and deviate OEM requirements to agree on a reasonable level of compliance to those, to ISO/SAE 21434:2021 and to UN ECE R155), through the concept and development phases (preparation and supporting the preparation of: component-level TARA, Risk Treatment Decisions, CS Goals, CS Concept, CS Requirements, CS Architecture, CS Case etc.), through the support of the security tests (the pentests, the fuzz tests), through the support of manufacturing (production), through the Continuous CS Activities (monitoring, event evaluations, vulnerability analysis and preparation of the mitigations - technical solutions) and ending at the CS Assessments. I work on various projects: starting from those having some minimum CS Requirements, through the ones having multiple CS Features based on the HSM, ending at the ones having the readiness for the PQC epoch.
  • I perform the company-level Product Cybersecurity activities (driving the company into a correct direction in the Product Cybersecurity area, building the CS Culture, providing CS Trainings, supporting creation and improvements of the CS Process, building readiness for the CS Audits and certifications, leading the selection of the suppliers in the area of tools and services, managing the Tier2s in the CS area etc.).
AutomotiveCyberSecurityISO 21434UNR155Cryptography

Aptiv

Software Engineering Group Manager

Nov 2018Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Cracow, Małopolskie, Poland

  • I manage the brilliant team of 100+ people in the Software department of the Advanced Safety in Automotive ( the Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems area - ADAS ). The team consist of Software Developers, Software Architects, Software Project Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters. It is a multi-national and multi-cultural one, located in many locations: onsite (Cracow) and offsite (countries on 3 different continents, also other cities in Poland) and consist of different types of employees (direct employees, contractors, students), working in the Agile way.
  • We deliver a world class solution - the front camera which is the intelligent eye of the car and part of the autonomous driving technology. The project is for one of the most advanced OEMs and was presented during the CES in Las Vegas recently. It incorporates the top-of-the-top automotive technologies.

Jaguar land rover

Systems Engineer

Jun 2017Nov 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · United Kingdom

  • I work within the Driveline Controls team in the Powertrain department, which creates the latest technology world class four/all wheel drive ( AWD ) systems on two global iconic brands - the Jaguar and the Land Rover.
  • I lead the delivery of the TCCM ECU ( Transfer Case Control Module ) for one of the platforms that consist of a few different JLR vehicles and multiple programmes - I am responsible for fitting it to the new E/E architecture of the car (both hardware and the software), as well as for supporting the current production issues.
  • I help the team by providing the support as the CyberSecurity Subject Matter Expert

Delphi

2 roles

Systems Engineer

Nov 2014May 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Cracow, Lesser Poland District, Poland

  • My current assignment is Body Control Modules projects (BCMs - a heart of the car's electronics) and the CyberSecurity.
  • Delphi states, that the Systems Engineer is:
  • "A senior technical person in a project who in close and continuous cooperation with customer (external stakeholders) and internal engineering teams (internal stakeholders) establishes requirements which define developed system. She/he assures those requirements are defined, implemented and verified/validated."
  • According to the "Global SPICE Compliant Process" we follow, my work is focused mainly on three phases:
  • Eng.1) Requirements Elicitation (gather, clarify, process and track evolving customer needs)
  • Eng.2) System Requirements Analysis (transform the defined customer requirements into a set of desired system technical requirements that will guide the design of the system),
  • Eng.3) System Architectural Design (working with other engineering teams: developers, electronics engineers, mechanics engineers etc., to identify all logical and physical system internal components and interfaces required to implement defined systems requirements)

Software Systems Test Engineer

Sep 2012Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Cracow, Lesser Poland District, Poland

  • During 2 years’ service for IT&V:
  • I worked for projects performed for at least 6 different customers
  • I worked for the small products (Vehicle Sound Generators for electric/hybrid cars, Shakers, Alarm Sirens), and also for the big ones (Body Control Modules)
  • I identified above 100 bugs during test campaigns, and also many other problems at early development phases during requirements review
  • I used the HIL approach (Hardware-in-the-Loop)
  • I reviewed and clarified the requirements
  • I prepared automatic test environments (I prepared hardware and software setup of the test benches with the usage of existing components, I created new project-specific plugins (C/C++) and GUI panels (C++/C#), I designed new hardware plugins)
  • I created test designs - choosed best testing techniques for each group of requirements
  • I created test cases (mostly: fully automatic scripts)
  • I executed test cases
  • I raised VIRs (Verification Incident Reports)
  • I prepared test reports
  • I analyzed and reproduced the bugs reported by the customer

Arutam czech republic s.r.o.

Deputy Manager

Jul 2008Aug 2012 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Czech Republic

  • I co-managed a team of 30+ employees, I advised and assisted the general manager, I recruited new employees, I handled employer branding, I planned the work, I supervised employees, I handled "health and safety at work" issues.

Qumak-sekom s.a.

Web Developer

Aug 2006Jul 2007 · 11 mos · Cracow, Poland

  • I was a part of the team that accomplished implementations of two “Microsoft Dynamics CRM” deployments: for a bank and for a big publisher.
  • I mainly used: AJAX, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL

Education

Cisco Global Cybersecurity Scholarship

CCNA Cyber Ops certified

Jan 2017Jan 2018

AGH University of Krakow

Methods of Software Development

Jan 2011Jan 2012

Cisco Networking Academy

CCNA (2006-2007) — Network Security (2008-2009)

Jan 2006Jan 2009

AGH University of Krakow

Master of Science (MSc) — Electronics and Telecommunication

Jan 2003Jan 2008

Complex of Secondary Technical Schools of Communication Technology in Cracow

Electronics Technician — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 1998Jan 2003

Training Center of Communications and Informatics of Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland

Corporal

Jan 2006Jan 2006

Cracow University of Technology

Health — Safety and Environment

Jan 2010Jan 2011

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