Helena Cruz
Software Architect at INESC-ID
Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolHelena Cruz is a software architect and embedded systems engineer with a decade of experience, currently shaping next-generation airbag software at Bosch Portugal while pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico. Her background blends hands-on embedded development, research as a junior researcher at INESC‑ID, and academic teaching in operating systems and dependable systems, giving her a rare mix of product-focused engineering and rigorous formal thinking. She has progressed from intern to architect roles, demonstrating both technical depth in safety-critical systems and the ability to communicate complex concepts to students and peers. Based in Lisbon, she combines industry-grade system design with ongoing research—an asset for teams needing safety-conscious architecture informed by the latest academic insights.
10 years of coding experience
High School, High School at Escola Secundária de São LourençoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
assembler2
simulation2
cpu2
simulator2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
helenacruz/send-to-kindle
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:26 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
helenacruz/vim-windows
Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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