Anders Darander
Principal Systems Engineer at CTEK
Greater Linköping Metropolitan Area Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolAnders Darander is a Principal Systems Engineer with 16 years of hands-on experience in E‑Mobility, embedded Linux, and EV charging infrastructures, currently shaping systems and standards at CTEK. He blends deep technical expertise in OpenEmbedded/Yocto build systems, kernel and bootloader development with practical systems architecture for charging stations, backends, and integration testing. An active participant and leader in standards bodies (Open Charge Alliance, IEC TC69, ISO/IEC V2G groups), he has guided OCPP certification, payment terminal support, and custom feature extensions across the industry. Anders is also a proven open-source contributor to core projects like openembedded-core, where he modernized Python3 manifests and improved package handling and npm recipe processing. He often advocates upstream-first development and has a track record of mentoring teams and delivering trainings on Embedded Linux and device drivers. Unusually for a systems architect, his background includes a PhD in control systems and fluid power, informing a disciplined, research-rooted approach to complex engineering problems.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. ME, Mechanical engineering, control systems, fluid power, hydraulics, pneumatics, M.Sc. ME, Mechanical engineering, control systems, fluid power, hydraulics, pneumatics at Linköping University
English, Swedish, German
Github Skills (7)
build-system10
npm10
package-management10
python10
openembedded10
devops8
yocto7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openembedded/openembedded-core
Jun 2011 - Mar 2017
The official Git repository is at https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Build Engineer
Back-end Developer & Build EngineerContributions:53 commits in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Anders primarily contributed to the OpenEmbedded build system, focusing on improvements and fixes related to Python-based manifest generation and package handling. They addressed issues with debugfs generation, specifically concerning openssl and opkg-based images. Furthermore, the user enhanced the project by updating Python package dependencies and manifest configurations for Python 3, adding support for modules like argparse, typing, and ipaddress. They also made improvements to the npm recipe creation process, enhancing its handling of licenses and devDependencies.
git-repositoryopenembedded
darander/qmk_firmware
Aug 2018 - Mar 2024
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
Contributions:30 pushes, 6 branches, 11 tags in 5 years 8 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
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