Gijs Van Esch
Hardware Designer at TOPIC Embedded Systems
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolGijs Van Esch is a hardware designer with nine years of hands-on experience in embedded systems, currently leading hardware design at TOPIC Embedded Systems in Eindhoven. He progressed through software and hardware roles at the same company, giving him a rare full-stack perspective on embedded product development from firmware to PCB. Trained with a Master's in Embedded Systems from TU/e and a background in ICT, he combines rigorous academic grounding with practical delivery on commercial projects. Known for a curiosity about different techniques, he brings continual learning into design trade-offs and system integration. Outside core engineering, a long history of customer-facing and logistics roles suggests strong practical problem-solving and operational reliability.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
N&T en N&G, N&T en N&G at Heerbeeck CollegeMaster's degree embedded systems, Master's degree embedded systems at Eindhoven University of TechnologyHBO ICT & Technology, HBO ICT & Technology at Fontys Hogescholen
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (37)
autopilot10
drones10
ros10
mavlink9
px49
rover9
raspberry-pi9
ros-driver8
qgroundcontrol8
occupancy-grid-map8
bsp7
dac7
rviz7
yocto7
driver7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
topic-embedded-products/xdpsensors
May 2020 - Feb 2021
Drone platform webserver for sensor monitoring
Contributions:21 pushes in 9 months
raspberry-pisensorwebserverdronemonitoring
owner01/Firmware
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
PX4 Autopilot Software
Contributions:9 pushes in 15 days
autopilotpx4raspberry-pipx4-autopilot
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