Summary
Horacio Hidalgo is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience designing high-performance systems and firmware, currently contributing to Intel’s software efforts. He specializes in parallel computation, SIMD/vectorized and SMP solutions across x86, ARM and RISC‑V, balancing safety, efficiency, maintainability and scalability in both HW/SW co-design. His background spans embedded ASIC SDKs, kernel/driver work, and microprocessor feature validation, with strong C/C++ and Python skills and a practical grasp of Rust and Verilog. A master’s-trained embedded systems designer based in Costa Rica, he treats firmware as a performance lever and favors branchless, dynamic and functional techniques to squeeze latency and throughput gains. He pairs an engineer’s rigor with a hacker’s taste for cryptography, AI/DS and quantum computing, driven by a philosophy that quality and speed underpin innovation.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Embedded Systems, Master of Science (MSc) Embedded Systems at Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Universidad de Costa Rica UCR
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian