Summary
Gustavo Pimentel is a seasoned embedded software and product management professional with roughly nine years of engineering experience and a track record leading teams at Synopsys, Zühlke and Bosch. He specializes in Linux-based embedded systems across ARM, PPC and x86 platforms, with deep expertise in real-time software, device drivers and mission-critical communications protocols for industrial and energy domains. Gustavo has progressed from hands-on engineering and R&D product management to managing software and test automation teams and now product management, demonstrating both technical depth and people leadership. He brings practical experience designing high-availability distributed control and smart grid systems (IEC protocols, IEC61850/GOOSE) and has led HUD software teams, showing an ability to move between safety-critical automotive and industrial automation contexts. Based in Porto, Portugal, he combines low-level systems know-how with product-oriented delivery, often bridging architecture, QA automation and customer-facing product requirements.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering - Automation, Master Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering - Automation at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Electrical and Electronics, Electrical and Electronics at Escola Secundária de Fontes Pereira de Melo
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French