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Dr.Naseem Akhtar

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Technical Product Development Senior Specialist at JLR
📍 Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Dr. Naseem Akhtar is a senior specialist in automotive cybersecurity and functional safety at Jaguar Land Rover, leading teams on projects for Software Defined Vehicles. An expert in innovation and intellectual property strategy, he holds a PhD from Cranfield University and an MSc from Imperial College London.

Interesting fact: He won the Abu Dhabi Municipality Innovation Award for developing a novel weight estimation technique for trucks.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Technical Product Development Senior Specialist
Job Level
Junior
Location
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
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Automotive Cybersecurity
Leads threat assessment and mitigation for critical systems at JLR, including steer-by-wire and securing vehicle ECUs through methods like remote attestation.
Software Defined Vehicles
Currently leading functional safety and cybersecurity analysis for JLR's next-generation Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) architecture and its new customer experience simulator.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Technical Product Development Senior Specialist
JLR
10-2021
Research Cyber Security Lead Engineer & Venture Builder
JLR
7-2018 - 11-2021
Group Leader Cyber Security and Functional Safety
JLR
3-2017 - 6-2018
Research Strategy
JLR
3-2013 - 2-2017
Group Leader Strategy and Innovation
JLR
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Education
1992 - 1993
MSc
Imperial College London
2006 - 2010
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Cranfield University
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