Apr 2022 – Mar 2023 · 11 mos · Barcelona

• Designed and implemented cross-platform C++ components for synchronization and orchestration of easurement instruments across multiple PXIe chassis, enabling deterministic execution of distributed measurement sequences
• Developed gRPC based communication services enabling reliable inter-process and inter-host communication between control software and distributed instrument controllers
• Contributed to a C++ based orchestration layer with C# and Python bindings, enabling external applications to control synchronized measurement systems through a unified API
• Improved multi-chassis system initialization, synchronization stability, and runtime communication, enabling large-scale measurement setups with dozens of synchronized instruments
• Helped ensure deterministic timing and low-latency data exchange required for advanced research systems including quantum computing experiments
• #embedded #C++ #team leading #c++ #developer

Jul 2018 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Led technical development of the DVB-T/T2 broadcast stack, including PSI/SI processing, channel/service management, and DTG compliance for UK Set-Top Box platforms
• Designed and implemented DVB PSI/SI parsing, channel scanning, and service/channel database components, enabling reliable broadcast service detection on Set-Top Box platforms
• Developed and stabilized the EPG data pipeline, integrating broadcast metadata with cloud services to enrich program information and improve TV user experience
• Implemented and stabilized the DTT broadcast stack, achieving DTG compliance and successful platform certification for the UK television ecosystem
• Optimized GStreamer media pipelines and playback components, improving performance, stability, and memory efficiency on Broadcom SoC based Set-Top Box hardware
• Contributed to Board Support Package integration, Buildroot platform builds, device bring-up, and system hardening, including Linux security, container isolation, and network segmentation
• #embedded #DVB #leading #team #broadcast #STB

Aug 2016 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Wroclaw Metropolitan Area

• Designed and implemented a container-based service isolation architecture using LXC, significantly improving process isolation and security of platform services running on consumer Set Top Box devices
• Developed container generation framework that automatically produced container root filesystems, runtime configuration, and networking setup (VLAN/VETH, IPv4/IPv6), enabling scalable and consistent deployment of isolated system services
• Upstreamed the framework to the RDK-V ecosystem, enabling reuse across RDK-based platforms Played a key role in Nagra security certification process, coordinating platform hardening, security validation, and integration work, resulting in successful certification of a line of Liberty Global CPE devices
• Contributed to integration and stabilization of RDK-V middleware components and supported Board Support Package (BSP) integration and production image generation using Yocto Project/OpenEmbedded
• Diagnosed and resolved complex system-level issues across Linux kernel, middleware, networking, and container layers, improving platform stability and maintainability across platforms
• #C++ #Embedded Linux #Yocto #team #leading

Oct 2015 – Jul 2016 · 9 mos · Wroclaw Metropolitan Area

• Developed M2M and embedded Linux components enabling reliable device communication.
• Designed embedded Linux solutions focused on kernel integration and system bring‑up.
• Performed Linux kernel debugging/troubleshooting to improve stability and performance.
• Created and maintained BSPs and build systems (Yocto, OpenWrt).
• Delivered internal technical training on Linux and embedded topics.

Sep 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr · Wroclaw Metropolitan Area

• Joined REC Wrocław as the sole engineer specializing in Embedded Linux and Linux kernel development, addressing the growing demand for embedded Linux projects
• Initiated and built a dedicated internal Embedded Linux team from scratch
• Mentored engineers in Linux kernel architecture, device driver development, and low-level debugging techniques
• Trained team members in embedded build systems and platforms, including Yocto, OpenWRT, and Buildroot
• Designed and delivered internal workshops covering Linux internals, kernel development, and device driver programming
• Conducted hands-on exercises using development boards such as Raspberry Pi and Wandboard to reinforce practical skills
• Expanded the training program company-wide, delivering workshops at multiple locations to build embedded Linux expertise across the organization
• Enabled engineers to contribute effectively to complex embedded Linux platforms through project-based learning and continuous mentoring
• Tech: Embedded Linux, Linux Kernel Development, Yocto, Buildroot

Jul 2011 – Aug 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Designed and implemented a DVB Service Information (DVB-SI) processing engine, extracting metadata from broadcast streams and exposing APIs for program information (channel names, event times, descriptors)
• Implemented channel discovery and management components, including frequency scanning, persistent channel database, and virtual channel lists (favourites, category-based groups)
• Developed SQL-based persistent storage for broadcast metadata, enabling local caching and avoiding full channel rescans after device reboot
• Contributed to GUI development for set-top box interface, including channel list navigation, EPG scheduler grid, and channel management UI components
• Integrated and ported third-party graphical framework (ilixi) based on DirectFB to support embedded GUIs on STB platforms
• Developed a DVB stream processing component for server-side applications, parsing PSI/SI tables and extracting metadata for recording and media processing systems
• Implemented video clip generation functionality, extracting configurable segments from transport streams and encoding them into MP4 format
• Built a Python-based DVB-T IP streaming service, processing DVB streams with dynamic channel switching and playback through standard media players
• Tech: C, C++, Embedded Linux, DVB-T/T2/S/C, DVB PSI/SI tables, STMicroelectronics STAPI SDK, DirectFB, ilixi GUI framework, SQL storage, MPEG transport streams, Python, SOAP services, VLC streaming, multimedia processing