Nils Weiss
Head Of Center Of Competence Test Systems at Diehl Defence
Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolNils Weiss is a software engineering leader with 11 years’ experience building distributed, cloud and safety‑critical test systems, now heading the Center of Competence Test Systems at Diehl Defence. He combines hands‑on development, test‑driven design and team leadership to deliver robust integration and verification frameworks for complex embedded and automotive domains. An active contributor to Scapy and the kamene fork, Nils added CAN/CAN‑FD, ISO14229 (UDS) and ISOTP support—bringing automotive protocol expertise and unit‑tested security mechanisms to widely used packet tooling. He is adept at translating low‑level protocol intricacies into maintainable software and automated test suites, improving stability and security in product workflows. Based in Überlingen, Germany, he blends academic research experience with industry delivery, often focusing on practical hardening rather than theoretical novelty.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Allgemeine Hochschulreife (Abitur), English and Geography, Allgemeine Hochschulreife (Abitur), English and Geography at Gymnasium FarmsenMaster of Science (M.S.), Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik, Master of Science (M.S.), Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
German, English
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Github Skills (19)
packet-injection10
python10
scapy10
testing10
net10
low-level10
packet10
networking10
security10
packet-capture10
cryptography10
network10
packet-analysis10
can-bus10
packet-parsing10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
secdev/scapy
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
Scapy: the Python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:274 reviews, 287 commits, 700 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Nils primarily worked on implementing and maintaining the ISOTP protocol within the Scapy framework. Their contributions include the implementation of software for CANFD which involves detailed packet dissections and the addition of security mechanisms, such as message authentication code calculations and various cryptographic tasks. Their work also involved refactoring the ISOTP layer and its scanning utilities and test code to improve their performance and stability.
pythonscapynetworknetwork-analysisnetwork-visualization
phaethon/kamene
Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
Network packet and pcap file crafting/sniffing/manipulation/visualization security tool. Originally forked from scapy in 2015 and providing python3 compatibility since then.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nils primarily contributed to the `kamene` repository by adding support for CAN (Controller Area Network) communication and the ISO14229 (UDS) protocol. Their work included the implementation of new layers and associated functionalities for these automotive protocols, demonstrating a focus on network packet manipulation and security tools. The user also developed and integrated unit tests to validate the correct functionality and behavior of the implemented features.
pcappythonscapysecuritysniffing
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