David Varley
Director Engineer at C-Born Software Systems
Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Varley is a seasoned Director Engineer with over 40 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering microprocessor-based and industrial control systems, and more than a decade in senior roles leading multi-million dollar projects from hardware and firmware through to high-level integration. Based in Victoria, Australia, he blends project leadership with deep technical craft—writing real-time OS and networking code in assembler/C, contributing tooling and build fixes to open-source IoT projects (notably nanoFramework support for ESP32/STM32), and overseeing manufacturing and long-term support for deployed systems across four continents. He founded and ran engineering and IT service firms, led control systems work at CSIRO for critical laboratory infrastructure, and has expertise spanning 3D printing, subtractive manufacturing, and embedded tooling. Known for translating complex requirements into reliable, maintainable solutions, he combines pragmatic engineering with a track record of on-time, on-budget delivery.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Warrnambool High SchoolBachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) at RMIT University
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (15)
esp3210
firmware10
powershell10
embedded10
cmake10
openocd10
csharp10
stm10
sys10
dotnet-core10
visual-studio9
interpreter9
microcontroller9
cprogramming-language7
c-language7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
nanoframework/nf-interpreter
Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
:gear: nanoFramework Interpreter, CLR, HAL, PAL and reference target boards
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 11 PRs, 6 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the build system and tooling for the `nanoframework/nf-interpreter` repository, focusing on the ESP32 and STM32 targets. Their commits involved updating installation scripts (PowerShell) for ESP32 toolchains, libraries, and OpenOCD, and modifying build configurations to work correctly within Visual Studio 2017. The user also addressed memory leaks, and fixed build-related issues with OpenOCD for the Wrover board.
interpreternanoframeworkdotnetcsharpmicrocontroller
c-born/Marlin
May 2019 - Jul 2026
Optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform.
Contributions:8 pushes, 6 branches in 7 years 3 months
firmwarereprap3d-printeratmelarduino
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