Dieter Niklaus
Senior Embedded Development Engineer at Witschi Electronic AG
Evilard, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolDieter Niklaus is a Senior Embedded Development Engineer with over 25 years in embedded systems and a dozen years of focused professional experience, currently driving firmware and hardware-software integration at Witschi Electronic AG. He combines deep microelectronics and chip-design roots with long-term embedded software, UNIX/Linux operations and build/release stewardship gained across KEYMILE and ERNI. His background spans Verilog ASIC/FPGA implementation through RTOS-based firmware (VxWorks, pSOS), C++/Java development, and automation of builds and test flows, reflecting a rare full-stack embedded lifecycle perspective. Known for pragmatic engineering, he has led cross-company projects, created design-automation frameworks and delivered disaster-recovery and HA solutions for production systems. Based in Evilard, Switzerland, he pairs technical excellence with a collaborative, diversity-minded approach that opens new perspectives for product teams.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Diplom at Software Schule SchweizDiplom-Ingenieur, Elektrotechnik und Mikroelektronik, Diplom-Ingenieur, Elektrotechnik und Mikroelektronik at HTL Brugg / Windisch
German, English, French
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Github Skills (64)
ide10
neopixel10
controlling10
arduino-library10
keypad10
arduino-ide10
arduino10
shield9
adafruit9
measurement9
timer9
yield9
skeleton9
delay9
menu8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
dniklaus/arduino-lcdkeypad-test
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Arduino LCD Keypad Shield test project.
Contributions:2 releases, 27 commits, 2 PRs in 11 months
ERNICommunity/dbg-trace
Mar 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:7 releases, 14 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 3 months
adjustabletraceloggingportsdebug
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