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 (40)
robot9
darwin8
firmware8
robotics8
espressif7
esp327
iot6
3d-models6
mobile-application6
rider6
sandbox6
racing6
esp-idf5
codex5
python5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
FreeSK8/DRI-3D-Sandbox
May 2020 - Mar 2021
Derelict Robot Industries Sandbox of various 3D Models
Contributions:1 review, 41 commits, 3 PRs in 10 months
3d-modelsroboticspythonsandboxrobot
FreeSK8/FreeSK8-Robogotchi-Hardware
Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:49 commits, 43 pushes in 10 months
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