Eric Micallef
Embedded Software Engineer at Apple
Cupertino, California, United States
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Top SchoolEric Micallef is an embedded software engineer with nine years of experience and a focused three-year track record building and maintaining in-house kernels and services at Apple. Grounded in a Master's in Embedded Systems from the University of Pennsylvania and a BASc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, he brings deep hands-on experience across automotive AUTOSAR, RTOS internals, CAN/CAN-FD, and MCU firmware. His background spans research-driven sensor and test-rig firmware, drone data acquisition, and production-grade AUTOSAR integration, reflecting an ability to move from prototype hardware and 3D-printed fixtures to deployed multi-core automotive systems. At Apple he’s enhanced kernel timer infrastructure and thermal PID control, showing a knack for low-level performance tuning and system reliability. Based in Cupertino, he blends academic research rigor with practical lab and field experience, often bridging firmware, hardware, and tooling to accelerate development cycles.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Lawrence Technological UniversityMaster's degree, embedded systems, Master's degree, embedded systems at University of Pennsylvania
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Github Skills (6)
arm6
uart6
nrf516
bootloader6
assembly6
python6
Github contributions (2)
taylornelms15/Final-Project-CIS565
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:45 commits in 13 days
emicallef/SBLE
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 6 days
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