Andrew Alter-dresner
Sr. Embedded Systems Engineer at Savant Systems
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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SeniorAndrew Alter-dresner is a senior embedded systems engineer based in Portland with over a decade of hands-on experience building real-time control systems, mobile robotics, microgrid hardware, and manufacturing technologies. He has led hardware and robotics development from rapid prototyping to productization—founding Interbotix at Trossen Robotics and later leading hardware at LO3 Energy and power systems work at Savant. His background spans embedded Linux, motion control, machine vision, autonomous navigation, and submersible robotics, reflecting a rare mix of electromechanical design and firmware expertise. Known for shipping practical systems for challenging environments, he often bridges research-grade innovation with manufacturable solutions. A detail that sets him apart is his track record developing both walking gaits for legged robots and power-control features for distributed energy systems, showing comfort across very different control domains.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (22)
racing9
hardware-designs9
robot9
darwin8
firmware8
robotics8
hardware7
espressif7
3d-models7
mobile-application6
flutter5
android5
iot5
ios5
open-source3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
FreeSK8/OSRR-Beta
Jun 2019 - May 2021
[Legacy] OSRR - Open Source Racing Remote for ESK8
Contributions:45 commits, 4 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 year 10 months
racing
FreeSK8/FreeSK8-Robogotchi-Hardware
Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
Hardware repository for FreeSK8 Robogotchi
Contributions:49 commits, 43 pushes in 10 months
hardwarehardware-designsrobogotchifreesk8
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