Cybersecurity Pentester (m/f/d)

Alpitronic; Rencio; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Young dynamic team

Career advancement

Training opportunities

Bonus system

Additional benefits

Job summary

Alpitronic, a leader in e-mobility technology, seeks a cybersecurity specialist to perform penetration testing on chargers, embedded controllers, and backend systems. You will identify weaknesses in charging protocols, produce remediation guidance, and help maintain a distributed testing lab using Linux and hardware security tools.

Required are a Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent cybersecurity experience, familiarity with cryptography, secure boot, and TPM/TrustZone, plus

Qualifications

• Proficiency in cryptographic algorithms and security fundamentals.
• Experience with Linux environments and security tooling.
• Knowledge of secure boot, authenticated updates, and access control.
• Familiarity with reverse engineering techniques.
• Understanding of hardware security modules, ARM TrustZone and TPM, and fault-injection concepts.
• Ability to debug µprocessors/microcontrollers and analyze security controls.
• Analytical mindset with proactive, autonomous work style.
• Problem-solving and self-motivation in complex security tasks.

Responsibilities

• Perform penetration testing on chargers, embedded controllers, and backend infrastructures using various techniques.
• Attack implemented security mitigations to bypass them via software or hardware methods like fault injection and glitches.
• Identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities in charging protocols with EVs and CPOs.
• Create reports of findings and recommend remediation requirements.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of a distributed penetration testing lab, selecting tools and scripts.

Education

Master's degree in Electronic/Information Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics, or equivalent professional experience in cybersecurity

Job description

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform penetration testing on chargers, embedded controllers, and backend infrastructures using various techniques (e.g. brute force, code injection, malformed data)
• Attack implemented security mitigations in order to bypass them, either via software or hardware techniques such as fault injection, glitches and side-channel attacks
• Identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities in charging protocols in connection with EVs and CPOs
• Create reports of any findings and support the team in assessing the identified vulnerabilities, possibly providing remediation requirements
• Support the establishment and maintenance of a distributed penetration testing lab, including the selection of tools, programming languages and scripts

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Master's degree in Electronic/Information Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics, or equivalent professional experience in cybersecurity
• Familiarity with cryptographic algorithms
• Knowledge of basic security mechanisms such as secure boot, authenticated software updates and access control
• Experience of working in Linux environments
• Knowledge of scanning techniques and fault injection software/hardware mechanisms as well as hardware security devices and mechanisms, and their programming (e.g. hardware security modules, ARM TrustZone and Trusted Platform Module)
• Familiarity with reverse engineering techniques
• Familiarity with µprocessors and µcontrollers, debugging and control
  Self-reliant and meticulous work style with an analytical mindset
• Problem-solving and self-motivating attitude as well as proactivity and autonomy

OUR COMMITMENT

• Innovative work environment in a young, dynamic team
• High-tech projects in the future-proof sector of e-mobility
• Opportunities for advancement in a growing company
• A wide range of further training opportunities
• Attractive bonus system and performance-related pay
• Additional company benefits

SHAPING THE FUTURE, TOGETHER!

WHY ALPITRONIC

Together with our customers, we are driving the world towards sustainable mobility – with cutting‑edge technology, we inspire with the most innovative and reliable solutions. With our roots in South Tyrol, we are market and innovation leaders and set the future charging infrastructure standards from our locations in Bolzano/Bozen, Bergamo, Bologna, Munich and Charlotte (USA).

WHAT MAKES WORKING FOR US SPECIAL

Are you a motivated and ambitious person who finds it stimulating to take on responsibility? Do you enjoy seeing the direct impact of your work on the final product? Then you are the person we are looking for. We are a fast‑growing company where innovation and technology come together to develop cutting‑edge solutions. We offer our teams ever-new and stimulating challenges, value talent, and recognize achievements.

Here, your contribution truly makes a difference: your skills are appreciated and your work helps shape the future. Join our team and grow with us!

The position is open to individuals of any gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, nationality, and religious belief. We operate in full compliance with the principles of diversity, inclusion, equity, and non‑discrimination, in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 198/2006.