Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity Manager

desay sv automotive singapore pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Desay SV Automotive Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Manager to lead the Vehicle Security team in Singapore.

You will own system- and project-level cybersecurity, guiding design from requirements through production while coordinating with customers, suppliers, and assessment bodies. The role requires hands-on experience with embedded platforms, security engineering per ISO/SAE 21434, and strong project leadership to drive security case development and timely delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Security, Communications, Electronic Engineering, Automotive Electronics, or a related field.
• Hands-on development experience with Linux (or Android, QNX) application software and BSP.
• Solid understanding of computer network principles, cryptography, and cybersecurity engineering (ISO/SAE 21434).
• Practical project and/or team management experience; familiarity with automotive electronics development processes.
• Experience in developing cybersecurity-related products.
• Strong logical and analytical skills and good verbal expression and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level cybersecurity design for vehicle and component products; own the delivery of system security requirements, system architecture, software requirements, and software architecture, ensuring security mechanisms are deeply integrated with business functionality.
• Lead threat analysis and risk assessment; author core documents including the cybersecurity concept and Cybersecurity Case; defines sound security goals and claims.
• Define cybersecurity technical specifications and best practices (e.g., key management, secure boot, secure communication, diagnostic access control) and drive their implementation across subsystems.
• Research emerging cybersecurity technologies; tackle complex system-level problems and challenges through focused technical investigation, delivering solutions that support continuous innovation and optimisation.
• Act as the accountable owner of project cybersecurity: define the project cybersecurity plan, track milestones across concept, development, validation, production, and operations, and coordinate resources to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Verbal communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Security, Communications, Electronic Engineering, Automotive Electronics, or a related field

Tools

Linux

Android

QNX

BSP

Job description

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Manager to join our Vehicle Security team in Singapore. This role owns cybersecurity at both the system and the project level for vehicle, leading system-level security design from requirements and architecture through to software, and acting as the accountable owner for project cybersecurity delivery across the concept, development, validation, production, and operations phases.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical grounding in embedded platforms and security with proven project leadership: driving cybersecurity case development, defining technical specifications that subsystem teams can implement, and coordinating customers, suppliers, and third-party assessment organisations to deliver on schedule and to standard.

Key Responsibilities

Security Design & Architecture

• Lead system-level cybersecurity design for vehicle and componentproducts; own the delivery of system security requirements, systemarchitecture, software requirements, and software architecture, ensuringsecurity mechanisms are deeply integrated with business functionality.
• Lead threat analysis and risk assessment ; author coredocuments including the cybersecurity concept and Cybersecurity Case; definesound security goals and claims.
• Define cybersecurity technical specifications and best practices(e.g., key management, secure boot, secure communication, diagnostic accesscontrol) and drive their implementation across subsystems.

Technology Research & Standards

• Research emerging cybersecurity technologies; tackle complex system-level problems and challenges through focused technical investigation, delivering solutions that support continuous innovation and optimisation.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the company's cybersecurity management system, including authoring internal standards, and represent the company in external automotive cybersecurity standardisation activities.

Project Cybersecurity Leadership

• Act as the accountable owner of project cybersecurity: define the project cybersecurity plan, track milestones across concept, development, validation, production, and operations, and coordinate internal R&D, testing, compliance, and supplier resources to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.
• Lead project-level cybersecurity risk decisions; organise rapid response to serious vulnerabilities, compliance deviations, and supply-chain security issues exposed during development, delivering solutions and driving them to closure.

Stakeholder & Review Management

• Interface with customers, suppliers, and third-party test organisations on cybersecurity requirements and technical clarifications; manage change requests (CRs), align internal and external expectations, and control project scope and risk.
• Organise cybersecurity reviews at each project stage (e.g., design review, test review, release review); produce project status reports andpresent key progress and decision items to management.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Security, Communications, Electronic Engineering, Automotive Electronics, or a related field; 8+ years of working experience.
• Hands-on development experience with Linux (or Android, QNX)application software and BSP.
• Solid understanding of computer network communication principles, cryptography, and cybersecurity engineering (ISO/SAE 21434).
• Practical project and/or team management experience; familiarity with automotive electronics development processes.
• Experience in developing cybersecurity-related products.
• Strong logical and analytical skills, strong learning ability and innovative mindset, a collaborative team player with good verbal expression and communication skills.

Preferred

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience in in-vehicle terminal software development (e.g., T-Box,IVI).
• Experience in embedded systems software development.