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Chris Wang

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 6, 2023

Chris is a versatile embedded systems engineer with expertise in direct current (DC) fast electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, CubeSats, and gyro stabilizers. His skills extend to analog and digital hardware printed circuit board (PCB) design, FPGA firmware, and software. Chris has experience programming, debugging, and calibrating CubeSat's inertial measurement unit, navigation, magnetometer, and survival magnetorquer operations using C/C++ on the STPM32 (ARM32) real-time operating system.

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Mian Abbass Shah

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since July 5, 2024

Abbas is a seasoned systems engineer with nine years of experience in the embedded sector. He has steered over 10 distinctive embedded projects from conception to production in a design house environment. Proficient at tailoring embedded Linux platforms for various clients, Abbas is adept at cross-functional teamwork and rapidly assimilating new tools to accomplish project goals effectively.

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Umar Khan

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since May 5, 2022

Umar is a seasoned embedded systems developer with an outstanding track record of developing C and C++ firmware for atomic force microscopy, ultrasonic instrumentation, IoT, and automotive applications. He is skilled in PIC microcontroller units (MCUs), Texas Instruments DSP, RTOS, OpenWRT embedded Linux, and PCB development using Ultiboard and Proteus. Umar is keen on the entire development cycle, from the concept stage and circuit design to PCB testing and verification.

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Marcin Wesolowski

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+01:00
Poland
Toptal Member Since January 4, 2023

Marcin is a versatile and experienced team leader. He is also a software architect binding embedded with non-embedded worlds. He has worked on nearly every software layer, from silicon design to bare-metal/RTOS to PC applications and big data cloud processing. Pedantic about structured, extensible, and self-descriptive code, he has been working entirely remotely for nine years already.

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Mehmet Karadeniz

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+03:00
Turkey
Toptal Member Since June 1, 2022

Mehmet is an embedded software engineer working on device drivers, communication protocols like SPI, I2C, or CAN, memory management, RTOS, and bare-metal systems. He focuses on creating software architecture for embedded systems, managing an embedded system project according to the customer requirements, and writing documentation related to the design, tests, and review. Mehmet also has solid debugging skills for embedded systems.

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Erhan Okuyan

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+03:00
Turkey
Toptal Member Since June 28, 2022

Erhan is a software developer with over 15 years of expertise in various facets such as embedded programming, computer graphics, network programming, and video processing. As a developer, he has created software modules regarding different areas for several defense projects, including the famous ANKA drones. Erhan has an academic background with a PhD in computer engineering. His research encompassed high-performance computing, volume visualization, and computational physics.

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John R. Kosinski

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+07:00
Thailand
Toptal Member Since February 9, 2016

As a veteran full-stack developer, John's great breadth and depth of experience include cryptocurrency, IoT, blockchain, and mobile projects. His foundation is in C and C++, with many years of experience in .NET. His work experience up until 2009 was in the NYC and NYC area. Since 2009, he's been living abroad and working remotely. John has a personal research project in the background, involving blockchain and deep neural networks.

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Kijong Uhm

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+09:00
South Korea
Toptal Member Since September 17, 2021

Kijong has been a software engineer in embedded systems for 15+ years and a software project manager and development manager for 5+ years. He specializes in C on embedded Linux and has experience in C++, Java, and Python. Kijong has developed software for set-top boxes, automotive devices, and IoT devices.

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Roger Marley

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+09:00
Japan
Toptal Member Since February 8, 2022

Roger has over a decade of commercial programming experience in various industries and technology stacks. He is most proficient in full-stack web development. As a seasoned senior developer, Roger is skilled at mentoring other developers, consulting on best practices in development team management, and providing advice in process improvement.

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Antonio Stepien

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since November 3, 2020

With 20 years in software engineering, Antonio has developed a diverse skill set spanning software development, DevOps, and back-end technologies in the automotive, avionics, and defense sectors. His expertise extends beyond embedded systems to CI/CD pipelines and back-end architectures. As a team leader, he excels in high-performance team orchestration, SDLC, and V-model methodologies. Antonio is dedicated to delivering quality projects, making him a valuable asset to any team.

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Yike Zhang

Freelance RTOS Engineer
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since March 21, 2022

Yike started his career as a C/C++ developer for five years, then grew into a tester for 12 years. He enjoys coding-related tasks and always intends to make daily work more accessible with automation and CI/CD. He has gotten involved in various phases of SDLC and STLC and has hands-on experience with multiple automation frameworks and coding languages.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a RTOS engineer with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your RTOS engineer, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right RTOS engineer, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect RTOS engineers for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our RTOS engineers to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched RTOS engineers ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire RTOS engineers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our RTOS engineers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your RTOS engineer begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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