Alex Thiessen
Embedded Software Developer at Siemens
Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Thiessen is an embedded software developer with over a decade of experience delivering robust firmware and automation tooling at Siemens after an earlier engineering tenure at evosoft. He blends meticulous craftsmanship and practical pragmatism—improving build scripts, git tooling, and test coverage in high-profile open-source projects such as coreboot—while valuing humility, respect, and continual learning. Based in Fürth, Germany, he thrives in stable, well-structured environments but is open to mostly-remote roles that match his market value. His background in data processing and studies in mathematics and computer science inform a methodical approach to debugging, validation, and automation. Known for polishing the details—fixing code quality issues, adding tests, and streamlining workflows—he favors solutions that are both effective and elegant. He prefers transparent hiring conversations including salary ranges and can be reached via Threema for direct contact.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Bielefeld UniversityAssociate's degree, Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician, 1,15, Associate's degree, Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician, 1,15 at Siemens Technik Akademie Erlangen
Github Skills (10)
firmware10
git10
bash10
boot10
testing9
makefile9
gnu-make9
openssl8
c174
c114
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
coreboot/coreboot
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Read-only mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. Synced every hour. We don't handle Pull Requests.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation Engineer
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation EngineerContributions:22 commits in 16 days
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the `util` directory, focusing on scripting and tooling. Their work included improving build scripts, adding support for gitfile handling, and enhancing git configuration. Furthermore, the user addressed code quality issues, fixing long lines and adding final newlines to scripts. The user's efforts also involved testing and validation, as seen in the addition of HMAC and timeout tests.
corebootfirmwarereviewpull-requestsbootloader
rico-chet/bash-it
Dec 2018 - Sep 2022
A fork of the community Bash framework. Notable extensions: progress indication and dotfiles support.
Contributions:271 pushes, 90 branches in 3 years 9 months
vimbash-frameworktmuxeditorconfigbash
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