Senior DevOps Engineer

• Aug 2022 - Present

Senior Embedded Engineer

• Jun 2021 - May 2022

➡️ Next-generation IHD deviceThe client, a smart energy specialist and a leading supplier of In-Home-Displays (IHDs), wasmissing out on business growth opportunities due to lacking a software for producing the nextgeneration IHD device, for providing consumers energy usage information and to help lowergas and electric bills.• 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 & 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬% by porting and integrating reusable code from old hardware and by designing & implementing new features, which included but were not limited to: WiFi connection, Cloud platform connection and Over-The-Air upgrade of the system.• 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬% 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟴𝟬% by implementing new firmware that increased boot speed, overall navigation performance and implementing a more robust user interface and user experience than its predecessor.⚙️ Skills: C, GNU make, Shell, CMake, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, Jenkins, Wireshark, MCUXpresso, VSCode, Sourcetree, NXP Semiconductors, Windows, Linux Show less

Senior Embedded Engineer

• Feb 2021 - May 2021

➡️ Cloud connection issueThe client, a well-renowned company operating in the smart energy business, was struggling with a large number of support tickets and was dealing with low customer satisfaction, due to an issue causing a high number of devices to lose connection to the cloud platform and therefore being incapable of interacting with the system from the mobile application.• 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 by conducting a code review of the cloud connection and communication layers, developing firmware that relayed important information back to our cloud platform, and developing an application that decoded that information which helped find the root cause of this business-critical issue.⚙️ Skills: C, C#, Windows Forms, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, Wireshark, VSCode, Sourcetree, Windows Show less

Senior Embedded Engineer

• Nov 2020 - Jan 2021

➡️ Device battery optimizationThe client, an established company operating in the smart energy industry, was struggling with low customer satisfaction regarding one of their products due to devices depleting their batteries at a very accelerated pace.• 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬% 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟳𝟬% by analyzing the existing firmware and optimizing the workload of the device, radio message communications between the device and the central system.⚙️ Skills: C, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, VSCode, Sourcetree, Windows Show less

Senior Embedded Engineer

• Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

➡️ Device RED (Radio Equipment Directive) testingThe client, a smart energy specialist, was at risk of having to stop the distribution of several of their devices, consequently missing out on a significant amount of revenue, due to lacking software for RED compliance testing.• 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝟬, by identifying missing pieces of software, confirming necessary radio modes required for compliance testing with the hardware team, implementing missing radio modes, and making calibration changes at the request of the hardware team.⚙️ Skills: C, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, VSCode, Sourcetree, Windows Show less

Senior Embedded Engineer

• Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

➡️ Smart Energy legacy device issueThe client, an important player in the smart energy industry, was dealing with low customer satisfaction and was risking the cancellation of a high number of orders, due to one of their products not behaving correctly.• 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, by executing a thorough code analysis and fixing a number of critical functional issues, and by developing validation over data received from an energy meter.⚙️ Skills: C, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, VSCode, Sourcetree, Windows Show less

Senior Embedded Engineer

• Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

➡️ HTTP embedded communication protocolThe client, a leader in the smart energy industry, was failing to attract more customers, due to their devices lacking the ability to directly communicate with the cloud platform and monitor or change certain settings via the user interface of the IHD.• 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱% 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟱𝟬% by designing and implementing a feature, consisting of: a user interface communicating with the cloud platform via an HTTP communication protocol, therefore giving customers the ability of monitoring and performing certain configurations to their system.⚙️ Skills: C, Web API, Wireless communication, ESP32, InterMCU communication, HTTP communication JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, Jenkins, Wireshark, MCUXpresso, VSCode, Sourcetree, Windows Show less

Senior Python Engineer

• Mar 2019 - Jul 2019

➡️ Over-The-Air upgrade automated testingThe client, a key player in the smart energy industry, was struggling with software release delays, due to the painfully slow, time-consuming, and inefficient manual testing of Over-The-Air upgrades of their devices ahead of each release.• 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝟯 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀/𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲/𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, by designing and implementing an automated end-to-end process of testing Over-The-Air upgrades which included: identifying Web APIs, implementing python features, and reusable Robot Framework keywords.⚙️ Skills: Python, Robot Framework, JSON, APIs, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, PyCharm, Sourcetree, Windows Show less

Senior Python Engineer

• Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

➡️ Android/iOS application test automationThe client, a leading provider of smart energy services, was struggling with testing their wide range of products and was wasting a great deal of time, due to the lacking testing resources.• 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟱%, by designing and developing a framework that can be extended to a wide range of tests and by implementing a high number of reusable Robot Framework keywords.• 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟰 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, by automating a high number of mobile UI tests with the use of Robot Framework keywords and python libraries.⚙️ Skills: Python, Robot Framework, JSON, Web APIs, Appium, Selenium web driver, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket, SCRUM, PyCharm, Sourcetree, Windows, Android, iOS Show less

Python Engineer

• May 2016 - Dec 2017

➡️ Agile unit testing The client, a global leader in the automotive industry, was struggling to achieve high quality and test coverage over their software modules, due to lacking a process and software that would achieve this. • 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟬% 𝘁𝗼 𝟵𝟬% over various modules, by designing and developing a CI/CD process that involved evaluating and choosing the best proprietary software that suited the needs of the client and by developing multiple Robot Framework keywords and python features that could very easily be reused or integrated in other modules. ⚙️ Skills: Python, Robot Framework, VectorCast, Unit testing, Sourcetree, JIRA, Confluence, SCRUM, GIT, Jenkins Show less

C# Developer

• Feb 2015 - Apr 2016

➡️ XML to EPUB Windows application converter The client, an established provider of internet publishing services, was struggling with assigning employees to various projects, due to a large number of employees being assigned to a specific project, involving converting raw data into a specific format. • 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟱𝟬%, by designing and implementing a windows application that reduced the entire conversion to a few button clicks. ⚙️ Skills: C#, WFA, XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS, EPUB, Adobe Digital Editions, Sony Reader, Tolino, iPad Show less