Rares Raducu
Verified Expert in Engineering
Systems Engineer and Developer
New Braunfels, TX, United States
Toptal member since July 10, 2024
Rares has over a decade of dedicated experience in firmware and system design. His core competencies include cross-functional collaboration, firmware architecture design, system bring-up, and cutting-edge technologies applied to practical solutions. Rares is committed to leveraging his extensive expertise in firmware, ARM processors, wireless communication, IoT, and safety-critical design to deliver high-tech solutions.
Portfolio
Experience
- Device Firmware Updates (DFU) - 12 years
- BSP - 12 years
- ARM - 12 years
- C - 12 years
- ARM Assembler - 12 years
- FreeRTOS - 12 years
- Bootloaders - 12 years
- Bare-metal Environment - 7 years
Work Experience
Senior Embedded Systems Engineer
NeuronicWorks
- Led system and architectural design for boards, firmware, bootloaders, and communication protocols, ensuring robust and efficient solutions.
- Designed and developed firmware, drivers, BSPs, bootloaders, and startup code for various ARM processors, using both C and C++.
- Delivered innovative solutions across various projects, including medical, industrial, automotive, wearable, and consumer products.
- Applied a solid understanding of real-time operating system primitives, IPC, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, and secure firmware updates.
- Demonstrated extensive experience with real-time operating systems and bare-metal and embedded Linux environments.
Senior Embedded Systems Engineer
Self-employed
- Led the design and development of patent-pending consumer electronics and wearable devices, overseeing system and architectural design for hardware, firmware, and communication protocols.
- Designed and implemented firmware, drivers, BSPs, and bootloaders for various microcontrollers, including real-time applications with Bluetooth.
- Provided consulting services and regular status updates and collaborated closely with business partners and cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment and success.
Embedded Systems Engineer
Invodane Engineering
- Developed firmware and performed board bring-up and troubleshooting for a multi-sensor robotic platform.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams in project planning, development, integration, and testing.
- Maintained firmware, documentation, and test archives, including project requirements, detailed design documents, specifications, and test plans.
- Built applications on ARM processors leveraging CAN, I2C, Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), Ethernet, Wi-Fi, FreeRTOS, and Embedded Linux.
Project History
Armilla Play Calling
https://armillatech.com/Cleanroom Monitoring System
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
Ryerson University - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Ryerson University - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Skills
Tools
Makefile, Arm Cortex-M3, Azure IoT Hub, MQTT, Marlin Firmware, Make (formerly Integromat), Altium Schematic
Languages
C, Embedded C, C++, ARM Assembler, Embedded C++, Java, VHDL, Verilog
Paradigms
Testing, Radio Frequency (RF) Protocol
Platforms
Windows, Linux, Eclipse, ARM Linux, ThreadX, AWS IoT, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)
Other
Device Drivers, BSP, Bootloaders, Real-time Operating System (RTOS), Bare-metal Environment, FreeRTOS, Thread Scheduling, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART), I2C, I2S, Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), RS485, Firmware, Device Firmware Updates (DFU), Firmware over the Air (FOTA), Schematics, Embedded Hardware, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, ARM, Hardware Drivers, ARM Embedded, ARM Architecture, Yocto, QNX, Bluetooth, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Ethernet, RS232, CAN Bus, HTTP, USB, Transport Layer Security (TLS), IPC, FPGA, Reconfigurable Systems, Robotics, Networking, Sub 1GHz RF, System Design, Industrial Safety, Azure IoT, Graphics, GUI Design, State Machines, Computer Engineering
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