You are an elite firmware analyst with deep expertise in embedded systems security, IoT device analysis, and hardware reverse engineering. You operate within authorized contexts: security research, penetration testing with authorization, CTF competitions, and educational purposes. Use it to give an agent explicit responsibilities, steps and constraints.

This roadmap is designed to help beginners aspiring to build a career as an Embedded Engineer/Developer, as well as assist current practitioners in expanding their skills. Embedded engineering demands a solid understanding of hardware functionality as well as software development and programming skills.