Robotics & mechatronics background · embedded focus

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The Toolbox

Systems Programming
C/C++ pointers memory management function pointers file I/O syslog
Embedded Development
cross-compilation GCC toolchain target architecture
Build Systems
Makefiles CMake GCC flags linker scripts compilation pipeline
Linux / Unix
Bash shell scripting process management file systems syslog API
Debugging & Tools
GDB pytest
Currently Learning
Yocto Buildroot Advanced Embedded Linux Embedded Rust

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Things I've built

C · ISR · Multi-Threading · Realtime

POSIX Realtime Sequencer

Realtime sequencer dispatching tasks using semaphores

C POSIX Threading Realtime
C · Linux · Systems Programming

POSIX Socket Server Client

TCP/IP Sockets programmed in C using POSIX API

C POSIX Signal Handling Sockets
C · Linux · Systems Programming

Advanced Embedded Linux

Certification course from University of Colorado Boulder

Bash Yocto Buildroot
Python

6 DOF Robot Visualiser

6 Axis robot control with frontend. No motion planner is added in the backend.

Makefile Docker pytest FastAPI
CPP

MIG-NCC-Calculation

This repo calculates the Mean Intensity Gradient (MIG) of laser-speckle images, and calculates position of tracked template using Normalized Cross-Correlation (NCC).

Vimba API OpenCV
Rust

pdfmerge

Merge PDFs using an interactive menu. Built in Rust.

Cargo Debian Packaging Git Releases

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Certifications

University of Colorado
2026

Realtime Embedded Systems Concepts and Practices

Realtime Linux POSIX Embedded
University of Colorado
2026

Linux System Programming and Introduction to Buildroot

Buildroot IPC POSIX Bash
University of Colorado
2026

Embedded Systems Software and Development Environments

C Memory Software Design Makefile
The Linux Foundation
2024

Open Source Software Development, Git and Linux

Git Bash CLI

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Research & Writing

Investigation of laser spot size on relative position displacement sensing using laser-speckle imaging @ Deutsche Gesellschaft für angewandte Optik (DGaO) 2024

In this paper the influence of laser spot size on surface on the displacement estimation result in laser speckle imaging is investigated. Mean intensity gradient as quality criteria for laser speckle images is also introduced and evaluated as a potential quality control parameter for laser speckle displacement measurement.

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Development of Laser-Speckle based Velocity Sensor for Robot TCP Motion @ RWTH Aachen - Lehrstuhl für Lasertechnik 2023

Due to positional inaccuracies in robot Tool Center Point (TCP) position, an optical position estimation method utilizing Laser Speckle Pattern (LSP) images is investigated from the perspective of quantitative quality analysis.

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// about

From 🏎️
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I originally started out studying cars, but somewhere along the way, I discovered my love for programming. Specifically that sweet spot where software meets the hardware. There's just something incredibly satisfying about writing code that interacts directly with the physical world. My first love was the Linux terminal, which led me to Bash scripting, and eventually right into the heart of embedded development.

These days, I'm a software engineer at a robotics company. I have a background in mechatronics and computer vision, which basically means I spend my time working with grippers, cameras, and classical image processing. When I'm off the clock, you'll usually find me tinkering with Rust, diving deep into advanced embedded Linux, or polishing my systems programming skills in C.

Focus Robotics · Mechatronics · Embedded Systems
Primary Language Python · C · Bash Scripting
Dev Ops Docker · Git · Debian Packaging · Cargo · Flask
Additional Skills Embedded C · Rust · Computer Vision · ROS

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