Nathan Hartwell

CEO

Golden, Colorado, United States19 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in embedded systems and avionics software development.
Led FPGA development for low latency trading applications.
Strong background in performance-critical software engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled engineer in Aerospace and Financial Technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded SystemsAvionics Software DevelopmentFpgaEmbedded Software DevelopmentDevice DriversSystem Performance TuningNetworking HardwareValidation

Other Skills

ARMAgile MethodologiesCC#C++Computer HardwareEmbedded CField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)FirmwareHPHardwareInternet Protocol (IP)Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)LeadershipLinux

About

Languages I work with: C (embedded/userspace and Linux kernel driver development) / C++ / VHDL / Verilog / SystemVerilog / Python / X86 Assembly.... Protocols I interact with: Ethernet / TCP / IP / UDP / PCIe / DDR / QDR / QPI / CXL / the list goes on..... Platforms: X86 / PowerPC / FPGA (Xilinx and Altera) / ASIC / ARM SoC / etc Past certifications: Cisco CCNA and CCNP, Certified Scrum Master

Experience

Graviton research capital llp

Head of Global Latency Strategy

Sep 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Singapore · On-site

Jump trading group

2 roles

Non-Compete

Sep 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2 yrs · Greater Chicago Area

System Architect

Sep 2019 – Sep 2023 · 4 yrs · Greater Chicago Area

Wore many hats, focusing on all things wireless and HW / SW. US HW team lead.

Boom supersonic

Avionics Software Engineer

Dec 2017 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Denver Area

Lead software developer for embedded (C/C++ targeting PowerPC / x86 / ARM) and host (x86) avionics software development with stringent performance and safety critical requirements to run on the supersonic XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Use cases include aircraft simulation, telemetry, system controllers, cockpit displays, data acquisition and visualization.

Embedded SystemsCC++Avionics Software DevelopmentSafety Critical Software

Crossfield technology llc

Senior Engineer

Sep 2017 – Dec 2017 · 3 mos · Greater Denver Area

FPGA / Linux embedded SW (Yocto build, Linux kernel) development work for applications involving high-speed network offload - e.g. RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet), PTP (IEEE 1588), etc.

FPGALinuxEmbedded Software DevelopmentYoctoNetworking

Quantlab group

2 roles

Manager, Hardware Engineering Team

Promoted

Aug 2013 – Sep 2017 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Led effort to research the applicability of FPGAs to low latency trading and started a dedicated FPGA development team. Hired and managed a team of FPGA engineers located across several Quantlab offices. Lead developer and architect for several RTL subsystems (primarily SystemVerilog, a little VHDL) and wrote the Linux device driver (C) and all userspace APIs / applications (C++) that interacted with FPGAs.

FPGASystemVerilogVHDLLinuxDevice Drivers

Operations Engineer

Sep 2009 – Aug 2013 · 3 yrs 11 mos

DevOps (C#) / System performance tuning and optimization (C/C++) for financial trading applications.

C#C++System Performance Tuning

Hewlett packard enterprise

2 roles

Systems / Software Engineer

Jun 2008 – Sep 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos

Troubleshoot and develop solutions for HP ISS (Industry Standard Server) networking hardware and software.

TroubleshootingNetworking HardwareSoftware Development

Hardware Intern

Aug 2006 – May 2008 · 1 yr 9 mos

Validated Microsoft Windows Server Enterprise/Datacenter products and System firmware images on HP Integrity systems. Trained and supervised a team of student engineers as part of Team Lead responsibilities.

ValidationMicrosoft Windows ServerTeam Leadership