Luke Cesarz
Senior Firmware Security Engineer at NVIDIA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Cesarz is a Senior Firmware Security Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience securing embedded systems, OS internals, and applied cryptography for industry leaders including NVIDIA, CrowdStrike, and Apple. He has a strong track record enabling platform defenses—CFI, sanitizers, MTE, PAC, BTI—and building core security software that ships in products used by millions. Comfortable across low-level networking, firmware, and vulnerability research, he blends reverse engineering and systems development to turn hard security requirements into practical, auditable solutions. Luke’s background spans both product-focused roles and deep engineering research, and he often operates at the intersection of firmware, kernel, and cryptographic protections. Based in Minneapolis, he pairs his University of Minnesota computer engineering foundation with a consistent focus on reliable, user-friendly security features that scale.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at University of Minnesota
Github Skills (17)
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networking8
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user-friendly8
mach-o7
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
htonl/ldos
Jun 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 18 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 8 months
htonl/los
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:13 commits, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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