Sabrina Pereira is a Research Engineer at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) specializing in software development, embedded systems, and cybersecurity for cyber-physical systems. She contributes to implementing secure over-the-air (SOTA) update solutions for vehicles, including work on the Uptane update framework and key management integration. Sabrina leads projects evaluating SOTA cybersecurity mechanisms in the automotive industry and conducts research on secure robotics development, focusing on the Secure Robot Operating System 2 (SROS2) and its applications in autonomous systems.

Previously, Sabrina managed research on cryptographic key management for embedded systems, integrating hardware security modules in simulated vehicle networks. She has experience in real-time data processing for traffic systems, algorithm development for robotics optimization, and embedded software testing. Her professional journey includes roles at Belvo Technologies, Fivepears Technologies, Amazon Robotics, and SwRI, where she has worked since 2021.