Ahmed Elsalahy
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Q*BIRD B.V.
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAhmed Elsalahy is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer with seven years of experience building firmware and embedded systems across automotive, IoT, and energy-efficient mobility domains. He holds an MSc in embedded computing from TU Berlin and University of Turku, with a focus on embedded systems security and low-power design. Ahmed’s career spans Valeo HIL test-bench firmware for major OEMs, open-source LoRaWAN reference firmware at The Things Network/Industries collaborating with Semtech and ARM, and recent work on C++, CAN, functional safety, and diagnostics for Lightyear’s solar electric drivetrain. Now at Q*BIRD, he continues to blend safety-critical automotive development with IoT and tooling experience. Colleagues describe him as curious and collaborative, often bridging hardware constraints with pragmatic software solutions. He’s passionate about open source and quietly contributes cross-disciplinary insights that improve reliability and energy efficiency in embedded products.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Technische Universität Berlin
Arabic, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
lorawan10
reference-implementation10
node-red10
sensor10
hardware9
nodejs9
lora9
ttn9
iot8
secure-element6
microchip6
network-server6
documentation5
makers4
internet3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TheThingsNetwork/lorawan-example-atecc608a-tnglora
Dec 2019 - Dec 2020
Example for using the Microchip ATECC608A-TNGLORA secure element
Contributions:23 commits, 12 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year
securemakerssecure-elementloramicrochip
TheThingsIndustries/generic-node-se
May 2020 - Nov 2021
Generic Node Sensor Edition
Contributions:1 release, 121 reviews, 235 commits in 1 year 6 months
sensor-nodenode-redgenericsensornodejs
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