Erick K

Embedded & Desktop Systems Engineer

NexEmbed • Freiberufler

Jun 2026 - Present • 3 mos

• Delivered a commercial motorsport instrument-cluster product end to end — a Qt 6 desktop design app, the embedded firmware that renders dashboards on the display hardware, over-the-air updates, and offline licensing. • Designed the file format and authoring tools that let users build dashboards and change them on the device without recompiling firmware. • Debugged a graphics driver that was bypassing the GPU and reworked rendering to raise on-device frame rates, measured on hardware. • Built OTA updates over the vehicle's existing CAN wiring — a 3.25 MB update in about 55 seconds.

Embedded Systems Engineer

Squared Computing LTD • Teilzeit

May 2023 - Present • 3 yrs 4 mos

• Built ParcelPoint, a cross-platform Qt 6 C++ system with a Go backend for distributed parcel-locker operations with real-time synchronization. • Developing secure firmware for SQMeter, an electricity and water metering product with secure token-based credit transfer. • Author and maintain a 40+ hour Qt and modern C++ (17/20/23) training curriculum used by 2,000+ engineers worldwide. • Design systems and review code with junior engineers.

Embedded Systems Engineer

Novek LTD • Vollzeit

Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 • 3 yrs 11 mos

• Ran a 7-station industrial conveyor line from one shared codebase (advanced C++) instead of separate firmware per station. • Built a firmware platform serving 100+ devices across multiple products and board variants from a single codebase. • Engineered a distributed CAN bus control system (1 Mbps) with a custom fragmentation protocol and automatic fault recovery. • Supported CE certification of a liquid-dispenser product through SGS China.