Andres Gongora
Embedded Systems Engineer - Tech Lead at Allgon Group
Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
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Top SchoolAndres Gongora is an embedded systems engineer and tech lead with 11 years designing resilient electronics and firmware for demanding domains from underwater ROVs to space-bound satellite systems. He combines full-stack hardware-to-software fluency—PCB layout, thermal-aware footprints for Altium, microcontroller firmware, and high-level autonomy—to lead multidisciplinary teams that deliver safety-critical RF and onboard computing solutions. Andres has a PhD in Mechatronics and a track record at startups, research centers and industry (including space qualification work and LEO solar array controllers) where practicality and efficiency drive design choices. He also contributes tooling and automation for developer productivity—maintaining shell utilities to streamline Linux system administration—and prefers crossing abstraction layers rather than specializing narrowly. Known for pragmatic innovation, he routinely balances strict hardware constraints with clever software strategies to keep systems operational even when damaged.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Universidad de Málaga
Spanish, German, English
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Github Skills (17)
administrator10
admin10
scripting10
bash10
system10
script10
administration10
sys10
system-administration10
sh10
command-line-tool10
shell10
terminal-application9
terminal-emulator9
utility9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
andresgongora/synth-shell
Nov 2017 - Jan 2023
Boost your terminal, script by script
Role in this project:
System Administrator & Utility Developer
System Administrator & Utility DeveloperContributions:14 releases, 2 reviews, 599 commits in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Andres primarily focused on system administration tasks by creating and maintaining shell scripts to automate system updates and manage various aspects of a terminal environment. Their contributions included the development of an Arch Linux update helper script for optimizing mirrorlists and updating system packages. Furthermore, the user added scripts to enhance terminal usability through better command history, colorized prompts, and improved directory listing, reflecting a focus on terminal productivity and system management.
system-administrationproductivityeye-candybashutility
andresgongora/bash-tools
Jun 2019 - Apr 2022
A collection of bash utility scripts
Contributions:2 releases, 78 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years 10 months
shellutility-scriptsbash-scriptbash
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