Skills
About Nik
Microcontrollers:
- 7 years AVR experience
- 4 years ARM7 experience
MCU Languages:
- C (Codevision AVR, Keil uVision, AVR/ARM GCC)
- Basic (Bascom AVR)
- Assembler(ARM7, AVR)
x86 Languages:
- Windows/Linux GCC, VisualBasic 6, MAC OS Xcode IDE
Web Scripts:
- HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript
Languages:
- Mother tongue: Swiss German, German
- Native fluency: English(Cambridge Proficiency degree)
- Basic knowledge: Italian, French, Korean
Hi, my name is Nik and I'm a software developer with a huge enthusiasm for
optimizing code performance. I am eager to create fast, compact software for
embedded systems with a small resource footprint.
I have got 10 years of experience
with a wide range of microcontrollers and compilers / debuggers as well as 4 years of professional programming and testing experience.
I work on all software layers between the hardware and the user interface and specialize in low-level drivers as I like
to get the most out of the hardware.
I have worked for customers in Switzerland who are exporting their traffic infrastructure hardware and software world-wide.
Since I am currently studying at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH) I am freelancing at only about 10%
right now and can unfortunately not embark on every project opportunity.
CV
| 2000, age 10 | First contact with a programming language (Basic) |
| 2001, age 11 | First contact with a microcontroller (PIC 16F84), programmed in JAL, a Pascal-like language |
| 2003, age 13 | First contact with HTML, PHP, Javascript |
| 2004, age 14 | Started to program microcontrollers in C. |
| 2005, age 15 | Programmed and built my first MP3 Player |
| 2005, age 15 | Exposed and etched my first PCB. |
| 2006, age 16 | Programmed my first TCP-Stack, implementing one of the world's smallest homebuilt webservers(µAvr). |
| 2007, age 17 | Received my first job offer from a Software Engineering company. I am still in this position part-time today(2011) |
| 2008, age 18 | Graduation from highschool «Rämibühl» in Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2009, age 19 | 9 months in San Francisco, United States |
| 2009, age 20 | Passed the Certificate of Proficiency of English Test (CPE) in San Francisco, U.S. |
| 2009, age 20 | Started learning the Korean language as a hobby |
| 2009, age 20 | 7 months programming/testing work on embedded public transport control devices that are being exported world-wide at a company in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 2010, age 20 | Started studying Electrical Engineering at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland |
Hire me
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At the moment I am very busy with university which makes my availability depend on the size of the project.
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