Philip Lapczynski
Principal Engineer - Cybersecurity at Secure Embedded LLC
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Lapczynski is a Principal Engineer specializing in embedded cybersecurity with 13 years of experience focused on automotive telematics, FOTA, and secure boot/flash solutions. Based in the Detroit metro area, he combines hands-on engineering at Renesas with customer-facing roles—reviewing OEM/Tier 1 specs, supporting field teams, and delivering prototypes and reference designs. He founded Secure Embedded LLC to provide consulting and training, and also teaches a graduate automotive embedded security course, demonstrating a commitment to growing the next generation of practitioners. Philip has driven business growth and product strategy in roles at Vector, contributed to industry standards like Uptane and SAE working groups, and presented at DEF CON and Auto-ISAC. Beyond engineering, he runs a long-standing photography business, reflecting a creative side that complements his technical rigor.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Computer Engineering at University of MichiganHigh School Diploma College Preparatory, High School Diploma College Preparatory at Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor
German, English
Github Skills (23)
cybersecurity10
hacking10
hardware10
security10
automotive10
redmine7
prismic5
portal5
j19395
autosar4
rust3
ruby3
java3
plugin2
specification2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
plapczyn/dotfiles
Sep 2015 - Jun 2022
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 10 months
plapczyn/carhacking
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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