Gaël James
Expert Engineer at AISIN Europe
France
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Top SchoolGaël James is an expert E/E software engineer with over a decade of experience delivering full-stack and embedded solutions for industrial and automotive domains, currently driving Industry 4.0 initiatives and on-premise AI integration at AISIN Europe. He combines deep hands-on skills in .NET/Blazor, Python, C/C++, IoT hardware and NixOS with proven track record improving test lines, reducing cycle time and automating repetitive tasks across multiple European plants. Gaël has led serial-life test engineering efforts and built mission-critical multi-site applications—authoring script generators, BI tools for OEE/OLE, and production data platforms. An active open-source contributor, he has contributed notable LED and UI enhancements to well-known flight-controller projects like Cleanflight and Betaflight, reflecting a knack for embedded firmware and front-end UX. Fluent in French and English and comfortable with on-prem hosting and vector DB/RAG workflows, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a DIY hacker mindset—maintaining Nix packages and building home automation and drone projects.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Electronics / IT, Engineer, Electronics / IT at Institut supérieur d'électronique et du numériqueBac S, Assez bien, Bac S, Assez bien at Lycée Henri Martin (Saint Quentin)
English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch
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Github Skills (41)
javascript10
game-controller10
nav10
controller10
stripe10
preflight10
css10
beta-release10
firmware10
user-interface10
msp10
c1110
ui-design10
interface-design10
c1710
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
cleanflight/cleanflight
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Clean-code version of the baseflight flight controller firmware
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:118 commits, 20 PRs, 170 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Gaël primarily focused on enhancements and bug fixes related to LED strip functionality within the Cleanflight firmware. Their contributions included adding new LED strip features such as GPS, battery, RSSI, and custom color modes, along with modifications to the LED strip drivers for specific hardware targets. They also addressed issues related to incorrect header sizes in MSP communications and updated the LED strip update frequency.
flightcontrollerfirmwarecleanflight-controller
cleanflight/cleanflight-configurator
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016
Google chrome/chromium based configuration tool for the cleanflight firmware
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 20 PRs, 70 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Gaël primarily contributed to the front-end configuration tool, enhancing the user interface and overall user experience. They fixed bugs related to failsafe settings and mag_declination input, improving the accuracy and usability of the tool. Major contributions include the implementation of a battery voltage display, with status icons, and the addition of new LED strip commands, showing proficiency in UI design and front-end development. Further improvements included the addition of the CPU load display and various visual and UX enhancements to the GUI.
firmwarechromechromiumgoogle-chromecleanflight
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