Carl Poirier
Retired
Biddeford, Maine, United States
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Top SchoolCarl Poirier is a seasoned electrical and software engineer with 13 years of documented professional experience and a multi-decade career in semiconductor and embedded systems engineering. He has led system software design and architecture as a director and held senior application engineering roles at Fairchild, National Semiconductor, ON Semiconductor, and others, focusing on silicon validation and embedded software. Carl also served as a patent examiner and moved into semi-retirement before fully retiring in 2026, bringing a practical blend of product, applications, and IP experience. He holds degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Southern Maine, pairing technical depth with mathematical rigor. An active contributor to the KiCad library, his work improving library organization and documentation reflects a commitment to reproducible tooling and clearer user guidance. Based in Biddeford, Maine, he combines hands-on engineering instincts with a long track record of mentoring and systems-level thinking.
13 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE Electrical Engineering w/minor in Mathematics, BSEE Electrical Engineering w/minor in Mathematics at University of Southern Maine
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Github Skills (13)
librarian10
manage10
lib10
kicad10
documentation9
eda8
autohotkey6
windows6
latency6
compilation6
playback6
colors6
portaudio6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
KiCad/kicad-library
Nov 2013 - Jan 2017
The schematic and 3D libraries for KiCad 4.0. Note that the footprint libraries are the *.pretty repos themselves. This is an orphaned repo, the news about the v5 libs, http://kicad-pcb.org/post/kicad-official-libraries/.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:2 releases, 159 commits, 61 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Carl's commits primarily involve renaming and modifying library files within the KiCad library repository. The changes include renaming numerous library files to improve organization and maintainability. Additionally, the commits highlight the importance of using a corresponding `fp-lib-table` file to ensure compatibility, indicating a focus on library management and user instructions. This user appears to be improving the clarity and organization of the library files.
3d-modelsschematicfootprint-librariesfootprintkicad-pcb
KiCad/Connectors_IEC_DIN.pretty
Nov 2013 - Nov 2014
Contributions:1 release, 2 commits, 3 tags in 11 months
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