Bill Gatliff
Senior Embedded Security Engineer, Kuiper at Bill Gatliff
Rosamond, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBill Gatliff is a Senior Embedded Security Engineer at Amazon Kuiper and a freelance embedded Linux consultant with 26 years of experience solving hard problems at the intersection of software and physical devices. He has deep hands-on expertise across automotive, industrial, medical, robotic and autonomous systems, and a long track record of Linux, Android, and real-time OS work including low-level sensor and peripheral driver development in projects like PX4/NuttX. A seasoned trainer, internationally recognized speaker, and former Embedded Systems Conference advisor, he combines mentorship with practical design review to raise safety and reliability in tomorrow’s devices. Comfortable leading teams or working solo, he prefers long-term, challenging engagements and often leverages Free and Open Source software to accelerate solutions. Beyond consulting he has helped bring platforms like Dragonboard into the mainstream and continues to publish kernel and driver work that bridges hardware integration and secure embedded design. Based in Rosamond, California, he blends an electrical engineering foundation with pragmatic systems-level engineering.
26 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BEE, Electrical Engineering, BEE, Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyDiploma, Diploma at Waynesboro High SchoolPhysics, Physics at Augusta State University
Github Skills (17)
nuttx10
c-programming10
c1110
spi10
microcontroller10
c1710
rtos10
driver10
sys10
rt10
embedded10
stm10
sensor10
i2c9
screen8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/NuttX
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
Standard NuttX (http://nuttx.org) with current PX4 WIP patches
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 19 days
Contributions summary:Bill's commits focus on adding and modifying drivers and support for sensors and peripherals within the NuttX RTOS environment. Their contributions include initial support for the Invensense MPU6000 and MPU6050 6-axis sensors, the Maxim MAX7456 on-screen display chip, and the OmnibusF4 family of flight management units. This indicates a focus on hardware integration and low-level software development.
wiplinuxrtosmicrocontrollerpatches
bgat/u-boot-am335x
Sep 2014 - Nov 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 9 pushes, 4 tags in 7 years 3 months
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