Daniel Burr
Principal Applications Engineer
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Burr is a Principal Applications Engineer with 11+ years of embedded systems experience, currently enabling precision GNSS and autonomous-driving solutions at Swift Navigation from Karlsruhe. He combines deep C/C++ and Perl expertise with RTOS/Linux development and hands-on knowledge of GNSS, CAN/J1939, ISO11783 and other vehicle networking standards to deliver functionally safe, production-grade systems. Daniel has led cross‑continental teams at Topcon and Intel, defining architectures and ISO26262-aligned safety lifecycles for highly autonomous platforms. His background spans agricultural, automotive and marine steering systems, reflecting a rare blend of machine integration, firmware and systems engineering. Notably, he bridges pre/post-sales product enablement with low-level software delivery, helping customers turn lane‑level positioning services into deployable autonomy features.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BE (Hons), Computer Systems Engineering, BE (Hons), Computer Systems Engineering at The University of QueenslandThe University of Sydney
German, English
Github Skills (118)
mingw10
plex10
javascript10
modular10
architecture10
magicmirror10
mingw-w6410
makefile10
mirror10
linux9
torrent9
cad9
3d-models9
gcc9
windows9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dgburr/ubxtranslator
Jan 2021 - Dec 2024
A simple python parser for UBX messages
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 11 months
pythonpython-parserubxubx-messagesparser
dgburr/MMM-PageReader
Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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