David Whitfield
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Block
Key West, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Whitfield is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer with 11+ years building low-level firmware and custom hardware, from kid tinkerer to Georgia Tech BSEE graduate with highest honors. He has driven motor control and power-conversion systems for multi-kilowatt BLDC/PMSM motors and high-current EV chargers, and wrote USB and RTOS drivers across Sitara, AM335x/AM572x, MSP430, STM32 and Hercules platforms. His career includes embedded roles at Google, Apple, Tesla and Block where he developed tracing for Pixel sensor RTOS, wireless charging firmware, supercharger algorithms, and contactless payment terminal software. David pairs firmware development with schematic/layout and PCB bring-up, regularly reverse-engineering USB devices and adding features like Bluetooth-enabled CAN debugging. He favors positions at mission-driven companies that support remote work or dog-friendly offices, and enjoys shipping pragmatic, high-reliability firmware for power-focused systems. Based in Key West, he brings a hands-on blend of hardware and firmware expertise that surfaces in both professional projects and prolific personal builds.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
dwhitfield6/Hercules_N64_RC_CAR
Feb 2016 - Jun 2022
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
dwhitfield6/PIC_PS2_to_UART
Jan 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:2 releases, 24 commits, 20 pushes in 9 months
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