Filipe Caçador
Mechanical Engineer
Coruche, Portugal
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Top SchoolFilipe Caçador is a mechanically trained engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience who has been transitioning into software and firmware development, blending a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering with formal programming training from Academia de Código. He has practical experience in embedded firmware, Python scripting, hardware testing and CNC/CAM setup from roles at Globaltronic and a dissertation-driven internship at SRAM on bicycle drivetrain NVH. A Linux and open source advocate and 3D printing, computer hardware and tech enthusiast, he brings a maker’s mindset to automation and product-focused engineering. Based in Coruche, Portugal, Filipe pairs disciplined systems thinking from mechanical design with growing software craftsmanship, and his athletic persistence as a cyclist often mirrors his iterative approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Master’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at Universidade de Coimbra<Code Cadet>, Computer Programming, <Code Cadet>, Computer Programming at <Academia de Código_>
English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French
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Github Skills (35)
vendor10
atmel10
firmware10
gcode10
commercial10
3d-printing10
workbench10
esp3210
arduino10
slicer9
distro9
pyqt9
cnc9
avr9
cnc-controller9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FiCacador/Tlaser
Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:39 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
FiCacador/Marlin
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Optimized firmware for RepRap 3D printers based on the Arduino platform.
Contributions:13 PRs, 16 pushes, 3 branches in 19 days
firmwarereprap3d-printeratmelarduino
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