Christopher Obbard
Electrical Engineer
Ryde, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Obbard is an experienced electrical engineer with over a decade of hands-on design work across embedded Linux, firmware, Linux device drivers, analogue electronics and full product life-cycle delivery for prototype to volume builds. He has applied his skills in fast-paced Aerospace, Medical and consumer environments and contributes to open-source tooling—most notably improving Debian image-building workflows in the go-debos/debos project. Currently completing a part-time MSc in Electronic Engineering and progressing toward Chartered Engineer status with the IET, he blends practical engineering with ongoing academic advancement. Comfortable with both low-level hardware and higher-level PC/web software, he excels at bridging firmware, drivers and system integration. He has a particular interest in Open Hardware and pragmatic automation that speeds prototyping and small-batch production. Based on a base in Ryde, UK, he brings a rare mix of analogue prototyping intuition and embedded Linux systems experience.
9 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Electronic Engineering, Master's degree, Electronic Engineering at The Open UniversityElectronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering at University of SouthamptonRyde High SchoolSandown High School
Github Skills (23)
bootloader10
github-ci10
debian10
architecture10
build-engine10
automation10
device-tree10
dts10
go10
u-boot10
sys10
dt10
arm10
embedded10
build-tools10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
go-debos/debos
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Debian OS builder
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:226 reviews, 71 commits, 131 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily contributed to the automation and improvement of the build process and image creation within the Debian OS builder project. They implemented features such as triggering udev rules after image partitioning and added support for setting the partition type. Furthermore, the user made changes to improve the flexibility of the `run` action and the overall testing process. These enhancements showcase the user's focus on streamlining the image building workflow and improving user experience.
debianlinuxbuilder
obbardc/debos
Apr 2020 - Jan 2024
Debian OS builder
Contributions:184 pushes, 105 branches, 2 tags in 3 years 9 months
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