Gaëtan Harter
Senior Software Engineer at Qualcomm
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolGaëtan Harter is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of embedded and Linux systems experience, currently based in Berlin and working at Qualcomm. He has deep expertise in IoT and real-time platforms, contributing to well-known open-source projects like Contiki and RIOT where he optimized networking configurations, added TCP/socket tooling, and improved GPIO abstraction. His background spans bare-metal firmware, Yocto/Linux deployment at scale, and build/test automation for hundreds of boards, reflecting a strong focus on reproducible CI and hardware-in-the-loop testing. He pairs meticulous low-level C and RTOS skills with higher-level Python automation and tooling, and has a track record of improving developer workflows and maintainability. Known for advocating human-centered engineering, he emphasizes code clarity, testability and collaborative review processes. Beyond product work he investigates kernel board support and network namespace tooling, bridging research-grade experimentation with production-ready embedded solutions.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Systèmes et logiciels embarqués, Master's degree Systèmes et logiciels embarqués at National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble
English, French, German
Github Skills (12)
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iot10
embedded10
contiki10
c1110
sys10
networking9
operating-system9
tcp-socket9
configuration-management9
ipv67
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
RIOT-OS/RIOT
Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
RIOT - The friendly OS for IoT
Role in this project:
Back-end & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Back-end & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 888 commits in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Gaëtan contributed to the RIOT operating system, focusing on extending its functionality for IoT applications. The user added support for TCP sockets to the ethos tool and a bind-to-device option to the uhcpd tool, primarily for use in IoT-LAB. Furthermore, the user implemented SAUL (Sensor Abstraction and User-space Library) functionality for GPIO, including support for inverted and initialized GPIO pins, contributing to enhanced hardware interaction.
riot-osinternetofthingsrtosriotmicrocontrollers
contiki-os/contiki
Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
The official git repository for Contiki, the open source OS for the Internet of Things
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 commits, 5 PRs, 21 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Gaëtan primarily focused on modifying configuration files for various platforms within the Contiki OS, an open-source OS for the Internet of Things. Their commits involved removing unused configurations related to SICSLOWPAN compression and other networking parameters across multiple platforms, including avr-zigbit, econotag, and others. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to the tunslip6 tool used for network interface management. This suggests a focus on adapting and optimizing the Contiki OS for specific hardware platforms and network configurations.
contikigit-repositoryinfinibandcommunicationsdac
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