Nikolaj Schlej
Security Engineer
Summary
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RockstarNikolaj Schlej is a Security Engineer with 13 years of experience focused on firmware security. Based in Germany, he blends deep technical expertise with practical threat modeling and vulnerability research to harden low-level software and device boot chains. Known from his GitHub presence as a Firmware Security Engineer, he favors hands-on analysis and tooling to uncover subtle firmware flaws that often evade higher-level testing. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, reproducible results and clear risk communication that bridge engineering and security teams.
13 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (60)
efi10
uefi10
python10
firmware10
image-viewer10
batchfile10
image-file10
converter9
primitive9
filesystem9
power-management9
freescale9
security9
qt-widgets9
bios9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LongSoft/Universal-IFR-Extractor
Oct 2017 - Nov 2022
Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.
Contributions:4 releases, 9 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 1 month
efiuefi
LongSoft/IFRExtractor-RS
Oct 2018 - Apr 2026
Rust utility to extract UEFI IFR data into human-readable text
Contributions:5 releases, 6 PRs, 22 pushes in 7 years 7 months
rustuefi
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