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QNX Developer
Location
Chwaszczyno, Poland
Toptal Member Since
February 28, 2019
Artur has over two decades of professional experience in software development, with skills ranging from low-level hardware programming and QNX, Windows, and Linux device driver development to high-level software applications for Android devices. He is strongly inclined towards learning new things.
Portfolio
Unikie
AUTOSAR, Bazel, Rust, QNX, C++14, C++11, Git
Luxoft
Embedded C++, Automotive, C++98, Refactoring
ADVA Optical Networking
Python, C++, C, C++11
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Linux
The most amazing...
...thing that I have implemented is an Android Vibration Alarm application based on the accelerometer sensor used by people living in the seismic regions.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
2021 - PRESENT
Unikie
- Specialized—in the automotive industry—in porting software from the Linux operating system to the QNX RTOS.
- Created some modules for an application running in luxury cars.
- Took the initiative and developed an IDL parser and validator using Rust.
Technologies: AUTOSAR, Bazel, Rust, QNX, C++14, C++11, Git
Regular Software Developer
2019 - 2021
Luxoft
- Maintained and developed an embedded application running inside cars.
- Fixed issues in the software running inside cars.
- Developed new features for the customer request as part of my role.
- Proactively developed a VS Code plugin to assist the team in resolving issues.
- Contributed as a developer of the Rust pilot project.
Technologies: Embedded C++, Automotive, C++98, Refactoring
Senior Software Engineer, R&D
2013 - 2019
ADVA Optical Networking
- Worked as a Python developer and scrum master in a team that created an FSP Network Hypervisor, the tool virtualizing networking devices.
- Tuned the Hypervisor to work with the OpenDaylight (opendaylight.org/) controller and the software-defined networking (SDN) controller. Fixed a bug in the Opendaylight (Git revision 9d7777b3f).
- Actively cooperated with another team in a company to create a demo for an SDN conference. This demo was based on OpenDaylight, Hypervisor, and another company-developed project.
- Proposed and developed a solution to create a binary executable file based on the Python code so that the application was hard or even impossible to reverse-engineer.
- Served as a C++11 developer in a team that created an embedded system to manage networking devices.
- Maintained the OSPF application and created the LLDP application as a semi-remote developer. The whole scrum team was in the US.
- Adapted the 3rd-party stack and created an STP application.
Technologies: Python, C++, C, C++11
Founder, Developer, Hobby
2010 - 2018
Mobile Tools
- Created an Android Vibrations Alarm application based on the accelerometer sensor people in seismic regions used. This application is reported to save lives.
- Developed an Android Accelerometer Analyzer. It was a very sensitive application changing the Android-powered device to a tool used by engineers to calibrate their equipment.
- Developed an Android and web application for splitting costs with friends (splico.net/) based on Google Firebase and Angular.
Technologies: Firebase, HTTP, Angular, Java
Senior Software Engineer
2009 - 2013
Radmor
- Created ESSOR (European Secure Software Defined Radio), a military radio developed in cooperation with several European companies.
- Served as the mid-level embedded software development leader (QNX) responsible for design, validation, and build systems.
- Designed and developed a QNX driver responsible for high-speed and low-latency communication with an FPGA and DSP.
- Designed and developed a low-level framework responsible for communication between low-level components.
- Prepared a successful live demo for the government's representatives.
- Coordinated the FPGA, DSP, and QNX development (less than five team members).
- Obtained a certification to work with NATO and EU classified information.
Technologies: GPS, FPGA, DSP, PCI, Python, C++, C, QNX, C++98
C/C++ Software Engineer
2003 - 2008
Intel Technology Poland
- Served as a member of the team that was working on the Wi-Fi technology in its very early stage, focusing on the driver layer.
- Assured interoperability with other vendors by analyzing the protocol's unencrypted and encrypted protocol frames (Wireshark).
- Fixed bugs on the driver layer not only related to protocols but also hardware, like spinlock problems.
- Contributed to the software managing CPCI and ATCA chassis.
- Worked on the HDD RAIDs-related tests and contributed to test development.
Technologies: WiFi, C++, C, C++98
Java Software Engineer
2001 - 2003
Adlex Poland
- Monitored networking devices via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
- Gathered information from huge networks and stored it in an SQL database.
- Presented the collected and stored information to users.
Technologies: HTTP, SQL, SNMP, Java
Co-founder and Software Engineer
1999 - 2001
Digital Video Systems
- Worked on a digital video security system based on a standard PC and a custom video card.
- Designed and developed a high-performance Linux device driver responsible for communication between the custom PCI card and upper layers.
- Designed and developed a user interface in Java, C++, and Qt.
Technologies: Linux, PCI, C++, C, C++98
Experience
SpliCo
Split costs with your friends. An application created in Angular2+, Google Firebase, and web technologies like HTTP and CSS.
Education
1995 - 2000
Master's Degree in Information Technology
Gdańsk University of Technology - Gdansk, Poland
Skills
Languages
C, C++98, C++, Java, SQL, Embedded C++, C++17, Python, Rust, C++14, C++11
Tools
Git, Bazel
Libraries/APIs
Firebase Android SDK, Firebase Web SDK, REST APIs, Vue 2
Paradigms
Refactoring, Real-time Systems
Platforms
Android, Firebase, Linux
Storage
Firebase Realtime Database
Frameworks
Angular, Nuxt.js
Industry Expertise
Automotive
Other
PCI, DSP, FPGA, GPS, WiFi, SNMP, HTTP, QNX, AUTOSAR
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