Alexander Lerach
Lead Embedded Software Engineer at Auterion
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolAlexander Lerach is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience building safety-critical and real-time systems for automotive and aerospace domains. He progressed from thesis work at BARTEC through embedded roles at VECTOR Informatik and Mercedes-Benz to senior engineering at Auterion, combining deep firmware expertise with system-level integration. Alexander is skilled at delivering robust, production-grade embedded software under stringent requirements and cross-disciplinary teams. His background suggests strong hands-on experience with vehicle and avionics stacks, toolchains, and embedded validation workflows. Colleagues would describe him as pragmatic and reliable—someone who moves projects from prototype to certified release while keeping code maintainable. Fluent in both academic rigor from a Master's in Informatics and practical industrial delivery, he often bridges gaps between research-level ideas and deployable products.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at Universität Passau
German, English, French
Github Skills (39)
px410
react-native10
autopilot10
mavlink10
stm32f410
stm32h710
gps10
drones10
qgroundcontrol10
kinetis10
microcontroller10
stm32f710
mattermost10
driver10
golang10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alexcekay/PX4-Autopilot
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
PX4 Autopilot Software
Contributions:1 release, 38 PRs, 85 pushes in 6 months
alexcekay/nuttx
Mar 2025 - Jun 2026
Apache NuttX is a mature, real-time embedded operating system (RTOS)
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.