Brecht Gijsens
Software-ingenieur at Optimum Sorting
Antwerp Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolBrecht Gijsens is a pragmatic software engineer with eight years of experience, currently building automation and sorting solutions at Optimum Sorting from Antwerp. Trained in electromechanics and industrial automation (PXL, UC Leuven-Limburg, UHasselt/KULeuven), he blends hardware-aware thinking with software development to solve real-world automation challenges. His background includes hands-on roles and internships at CSW Automation and a technical drawing stint at Kametal, giving him practical insight into mechanical design and factory workflows. Comfortable across the electromechanical stack, he brings a systems-oriented mindset that emphasizes reliable, maintainable implementations for industrial environments.
8 years of coding experience
Master, Industrieel ingenieur - Automatisering, Master, Industrieel ingenieur - Automatisering at UHasselt/KULeuvenMiddelbare School, Elektromechanica, Middelbare School, Elektromechanica at VTIM Diestbachelor, Automatisering (elektromechanica), bachelor, Automatisering (elektromechanica) at UC Leuven-LimburgBachelor, Elektromechanica, Bachelor, Elektromechanica at Hogeschool PXL
Github Skills (65)
python10
cli-generator10
hosting10
markdown10
linux10
knowledge-management10
latex10
knowledge-graph10
html10
pandoc10
obsidian10
documentation10
docker10
privacy10
laravel9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Linbreux/wikmd
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
A file based wiki that uses markdown
Contributions:33 releases, 27 reviews, 248 commits in 2 years 2 months
pandocpythonmarkdown-viewerfile-baseddocker
Linbreux/tri-omni
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes in 10 months
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