Ciaran Woodward
Senior Engineer at XMOS
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCiaran Woodward is a Senior Engineer based in Bristol with nine years of experience building tooling and embedded systems for IoT and hardware platforms. Currently at XMOS, he focuses on developer tools that enable efficient use of XMOS technology while bringing deep hands-on expertise in low-level networking and protocol robustness. An active contributor to Google's OpenThread project, he has fixed critical CLI and radio communication bugs, improved CoAP multicast behavior, and implemented prioritized queues for joiner routers—work that improves reliability in real-world Thread deployments. He holds a first-class Master’s in Electronic Engineering with Mobile and Secure Systems from the University of Southampton, combining strong academic foundations with practical embedded-systems craftsmanship.
9 years of coding experience
GCE, GCSE, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Design & Technology, GCE, GCSE, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Design & Technology at St John's School LeatherheadMaster’s Degree, Electronic Engineering With Mobile and Secure Systems, 1st Class Honours, Master’s Degree, Electronic Engineering With Mobile and Secure Systems, 1st Class Honours at University of Southampton
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Github Skills (18)
openthread10
c-language10
mesh-network10
iot10
sys10
network-protocol10
network10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
coap9
ieee9
cli9
wireless8
pointer6
void-pointers6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
openthread/openthread
Apr 2017 - Nov 2020
OpenThread released by Google is an open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 22 commits, 21 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ciaran contributed to the OpenThread project by fixing bugs and improving the robustness of the networking protocol. The user addressed issues in the CLI implementation, corrected warnings in radio communication, and implemented prioritized queue for joiner routers. Their work also included enhancing the CoAP multicast behavior and updating documentation references.
googlewirelessipv6networkingieee-802154
CiaranWoodward/Brewtooth
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:20 commits, 21 pushes in 2 months
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