Hidekazu Tawara
シニアスタッフエンジニア at Infineon Technologies
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolHidekazu Tawara is a senior staff engineer and system architect with over 20 years’ experience in SoC and ASIC design, including five years focused on automotive systems and ISO26262 functional safety. He combines deep hands-on expertise in microprocessor architecture, Arm AMBA interconnects, mixed-signal peripherals (ADC/DAC/Flash/security/timers), RTL coding, verification with C/C++ and assembler, synthesis, DFT and timing closure, plus PCB design and hardware debugging. At Renesas he led cross-border teams delivering modem and automotive motor-control SoCs, shaping product and IP requirements from customer interviews through safety concepts and evaluation boards. Now at Infineon in Tokyo, he blends architecture-level leadership with practical implementation skills that accelerate time-to-market for complex silicon. Unusually for a seasoned hardware engineer, he also contributes to open-source tooling—such as improving font generation and patching workflows on GitHub—demonstrating a pragmatic curiosity beyond traditional chip design.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Infomation sciences, Master's degree, Infomation sciences at 東北大学
Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (10)
sh10
bash-shell10
bash10
script10
font-face10
shell10
fonts10
typography10
github-ci3
githubaction-workflow3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
yuru7/HackGen
May 2019 - Dec 2022
Hack と源柔ゴシックを合成したプログラミングフォント 白源 (はくげん／HackGen)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:57 releases, 220 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Hidekazu primarily worked on the `hackgen` project, which involves generating programming fonts by synthesizing Hack and GenJyuu Gothic. Their contributions included modifying the font generation scripts (`hackgen_generator.sh`) to adjust character sizes, correct kerning errors, improve glyph balance, and implement changes for console and Nerd Font variations. They also addressed issues related to the readability of specific characters and the overall appearance of the generated fonts, enhancing the project's core functionality. The user also integrated a separate fontpatcher, further expanding the project's capabilities.
fonthackgen
yuru7/udev-gothic
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:20 releases, 69 commits, 66 pushes in 9 months
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