Christopher Mar
Pre-Silicon Firmware Validation Engineer
Greater Phoenix Area United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Mar is a pre-silicon firmware validation engineer at Intel with 11 years of experience bridging hardware-focused engineering and software development. He combines deep technical skills in C, Python, and Java with a strong background in engineering education—currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education Systems and Design while teaching at Arizona State University. His career blends hands-on validation work for complex silicon projects with proven ability to communicate and teach technical concepts to students and peers. Based in the Greater Phoenix Area, he leverages an electrical and computer engineering foundation from University of Colorado Boulder and an MS in Software Engineering to bring a systems-level perspective to firmware validation and curriculum design. Notably, he balances industry-grade verification practices with pedagogical insight, making him effective at translating low-level technical issues into learnable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
PhD, Engineering Education Systems and Design, ENGINEERING, PhD, Engineering Education Systems and Design, ENGINEERING at Arizona State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Colorado BoulderGithub contributions (5)
Progressive-Learning-Platform/progressive-learning-platform.github.io
Jul 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
mar8919/Arduino_DAQ
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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