Summary
Connor Henley is an embedded firmware engineer with a decade of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and debugging firmware for commercial lighting control and wireless device platforms at Lutron Electronics. He holds both a BS and MS in Computer Engineering from RIT, where his coursework and grading roles reinforced strengths in embedded systems, digital systems, and low-level programming in C and Java. Connor has practical co-op and tooling experience from Diebold Nixdorf—writing automated firmware tests and maintaining internal debug tools—plus a track record of automating repetitive tasks to streamline workflows. Based in Boston, he combines product-focused development on new hardware with mentorship and recruiting efforts, remaining active in the FIRST community as an alum and mentor. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem solver who bridges rigorous academic training with production firmware engineering.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor and Master Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.70/4.0, Bachelor and Master Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.70/4.0 at Rochester Institute of Technology
High School, 3.6/4.0, High School, 3.6/4.0 at Bacon Academy