Peter Huewe
Senior Director - Head Of Application Software
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolPeter Huewe is a seasoned embedded security leader with 26 years of experience, currently heading Application Software at Infineon Technologies where he oversees TPM, JavaCard, eID/eMRTD, payment and authentication software. A Linux enthusiast and long-time TPM subsystem maintainer in the Linux kernel, he blends deep hands-on engineering—kernel drivers, cryptography and embedded Linux—with people leadership and global team building. He has a track record of improving security and code quality in prominent open-source TPM projects, fixing architecture-specific bugs, hardening policy logic, and expanding test coverage. Known for making complex security usable and integratable, he has led cross-site teams in Augsburg and Bangalore and supported certifications like Common Criteria/FIPS in government ID projects. As a lecturer in embedded Linux and device driver development, he transfers practical knowledge to the next generation of engineers. Based in Augsburg, Germany, he pairs pragmatic technical stewardship with a passion for mentoring and sustainable, safer technology.
26 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma (FH) Computer Science, Diploma (FH) Computer Science at Technische Hochschule Augsburg
German, English, French, Chinese
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Github Skills (16)
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tpm10
tss10
c1110
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security10
testing9
bash8
git7
linux7
gcc6
interceptor6
linker6
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tpm2-software/tpm2-tss
May 2017 - Jan 2022
OSS implementation of the TCG TPM2 Software Stack (TSS2)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Security Engineer
Back-end Developer / Security EngineerContributions:19 reviews, 27 commits, 25 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the improvement of the TSS2 software stack, focusing on code quality and security best practices. Their work included initializing uninitialized variables, addressing compiler warnings, and removing redundant checks. Additionally, the user implemented SPDX license identifiers, updated the license information, and added integration tests to increase code coverage and identify potential issues. The user also corrected a typo in the error message.
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tpm2-software/tpm2-tools
May 2017 - Mar 2021
The source repository for the Trusted Platform Module (TPM2.0) tools
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:1 review, 11 commits, 9 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on enhancing the security posture and maintainability of the TPM2 tools project. Their contributions include replacing boilerplate license texts with SPDX identifiers, updating shell scripts, and fixing format specifiers to align with ARM architectures. Moreover, they addressed a vulnerability related to the PCR index and refined the policy branch selection process. This involved modifications across various tools and libraries, ensuring the project's compliance and addressing code quality concerns.
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