Alexander Hoppe
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Hoppe is a senior embedded software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building firmware and hardware for consumer electronics, EVs, and aerospace systems. Having contributed to products at Apple, Rivian/Volkswagen Group Technologies, and early-stage engineering firms, he blends low-level C/C++ firmware, RTOS and embedded Linux expertise with practical PCB design and CAN-based system integration. He thrives on end-to-end development—from architecture and prototyping to deployment and production cost reduction—and has repeatedly shipped battery management and high-power EV subsystems. Comfortable in cross-disciplinary teams, he pairs avionics-grade rigor from a SpaceX internship with fast-moving product cycles at startups. Based in San Francisco and trained at Olin College, he favors learning-by-doing and brings a maker’s curiosity to novel human-device interactions. Beyond firmware, he’s notable for bridging electrical design and software to turn prototypes into robust, manufacturable products.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Ingraham High SchoolBachelor’s Degree Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical and Computer Engineering at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
English, French
Github Skills (40)
kicad9
freecad7
word-frequency6
frequency-analysis5
census5
toolbox5
openscad5
crossword5
mining4
abstract-syntax-tree4
orange4
spring3
sicp3
interval-arithmetic3
text-mining3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
elecanisms-2018-bombsquad/BombSquad
Mar 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:84 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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