Diego Benavides
Senior Software Engineer at Garmin
San José, San Jose Province, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDiego Benavides is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience combining electrical and embedded systems expertise to solve complex hardware-software challenges. He has progressed through roles at RidgeRun, Campbell Scientific, Fluid Life, and FLYHT Aerospace before joining Garmin, delivering reliable embedded solutions across aerospace and industrial domains. Trained as an Electrical and Electronics Engineer and EIT-certified, he blends circuit-level understanding with firmware and software development to optimize performance and reliability. Known for thriving in fast-paced, shifting environments, he brings strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, fluent in Spanish and English. Beyond day-to-day delivery, he has a track record of turning ambiguous requirements into pragmatic designs that scale in mission-critical systems.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
Github Skills (4)
opengl3
gstreamer1
openmax1
audio1
Github contributions (4)
RidgeRun/libdm36x-codecs
Sep 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 6 months
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