Colin Waddell
Avionics Architect at Benchmark Space Systems
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolColin Waddell is an Avionics Architect based in Glasgow with 13 years of embedded and aerospace software experience, now shaping entire avionics platforms at Benchmark Space Systems. He specializes in dependable flight software—power management, command-and-control links, GNC algorithms, and low-level drivers—and brings hardware engineering depth from microcontroller design to propulsion systems. His discipline in Test-Driven and Behaviour-Driven Development, honed in hazardous offshore oil & gas projects, drives a relentless focus on reliability for systems that must survive launch and orbit. Outside work he runs a high-traffic weather site he built (1M hits/year), contributes to open-source projects, and keeps design and web skills sharp, blending technical rigor with creative product sense.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Larbert High SchoolMicrocomputer Systems Engineering Microcontrollers hardware design software engineering and data analysis, Microcomputer Systems Engineering Microcontrollers hardware design software engineering and data analysis at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (57)
pi10
raspbian10
raspberry10
communication-protocol9
raspberry-pi8
taps8
django-rest8
zero-configuration8
modbus7
ascii7
documentation-generator7
rest-framework7
django7
industrial-automation7
rest-api6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ColinWaddell/MyVim
Mar 2015 - May 2021
Contributions:2 pushes in 6 years 2 months
ColinWaddell/TapsAff-Django
Apr 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:200 commits, 122 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
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