Javier Vidal
Principal Product Security Architect at Freelance
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJavier Vidal is a Principal Product Security Architect with over 15 years of hands-on experience securing IoT, embedded systems and critical automotive infrastructure, currently based in Ulm, Germany. He combines deep hardware security and reverse-engineering expertise with strategic product and team leadership, having led vehicle IDPS deployments, ASIL-B secure gateways, and cloud-integrated intrusion detection across global teams. Javier’s work spans founding security labs, inventing patented secure communications and diagnostics technologies, and creating open-source tools such as CANBadger that have influenced automotive testing practices. A recognized offensive security practitioner, he earned a DEFCON Black Badge and Tesla Infosec Badge #16 while driving practical, performance-conscious security designs that avoid degrading system efficiency. Beyond engineering, he’s an experienced trainer and conference speaker who bridges research, productization and cross-border operations to deliver secure, deployable systems.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Electromechanical Technology, Electromechanical Technology at Mar de cadizComputer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at SAFA
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (36)
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linux8
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kernel8
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fjvva/ecu-tool
Aug 2013 - Feb 2015
Contributions:38 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
communicatevehiclearduino
fjvva/OBDCondom
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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