Summary
Chris Thomas is a seasoned systems and embedded software consultant with over three decades of experience delivering robust solutions across regulated industries including medical devices, aerospace, rail, and diagnostics. Based in Austin, he combines deep low-level expertise (MCU C, RT Linux) with higher-level architecture and tooling (C#, Python, data visualization) to rescue legacy systems and make complex projects testable and auditable. He has repeatedly led architecture and technical design for FDA-submission software and real-time instrument control, and has run systems engineering for implantable cardiac assist devices. Comfortable in small-team and freelance settings, he prefers work that benefits humans—fixing broken projects, defining infrastructure, and creating practical frameworks. An engineer by training (BSEE, RIT), his career is notable for long-term consulting relationships and recurring returns to tough, rabbit-hole problems others avoid.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, BSEE at Rochester Institute of Technology