Sean Rivera
Research Scientist at Manifold Research
Luxembourg
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Rivera is a research scientist and security engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in robotic security, embedded systems, and low-level software-defined platforms such as FPGAs, SDRs, and SDNs. His career spans academia and industry—from a PhD and postdoc at the University of Luxembourg to hands-on consulting and senior engineering roles—bridging rigorous research with practical vulnerability discovery and mitigation. Based in Luxembourg, he has delivered security work across European labs and consulting engagements, often focusing on chip and hardware attack surfaces that are overlooked in conventional assessments. Sean combines deep systems-level expertise with experimental hardware skill, enabling him to design both offensive tests and resilient embedded defenses.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of LuxembourgMaster of Science (MS) Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
French, Luxembourgish, German
Github Skills (35)
debug9
jlink9
discord-bot9
bluetooth8
neko8
stlink8
discord8
decoding7
microchip7
ros7
bluetooth-low-energy7
python7
embedded7
arm6
cortex-m6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
seanrivera/ECEN5013-Project2
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:9 PRs, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 17 days
seanrivera/ECEN5013-project1
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:6 PRs, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 8 days
project-1
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