Hubert Lacote
Software Engineer (contract) - TV Operating System
Strasbourg, Grand Est, France
Summary
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Top SchoolHubert Lacote is a seasoned C++ software engineer with 13 years’ experience building and leading development of Linux-based TV operating systems deployed on millions of consumer set-top boxes. He combines deep embedded systems expertise with a strong background in image processing, computer vision and 3D graphics—having shipped real-time ray-traced AR rendering, CUDA lighting, and OpenCV-based test tooling. At YouView he led and expanded a team delivering biannual OS updates, designed APIs for internet-delivered channels and device control, and earned an excellence award for next-generation platform work. A graduate of Cranfield University and top-honours MEng from UTBM, he pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on delivery across C++, Python and embedded Linux. Fluent in English and native French (with knowledge of Russian and Spanish), he runs his own consulting practice while contracting on TV OS projects, blending architecture, hands-on coding and mentoring.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computational and Software Techniques in Engineering MSc Option Digital Signal and Image Processing, Computer science, Computational and Software Techniques in Engineering MSc Option Digital Signal and Image Processing, Computer science at Cranfield University
English, French, Spanish, Russian
Github Skills (27)
hdmi-cec10
pylint10
template-matching10
hdmi10
gstreamer10
page-object10
remote-control10
lirc10
testing9
test-framework9
ocr9
video-processing9
test-automation9
computer-vision9
opencv8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
stb-tester/stb-tester
Aug 2012 - Nov 2012
Automated Testing for Set-Top Boxes and Smart TVs
Contributions:45 commits in 3 months
pythonremote-controlvideotvshdmi-cec
hubertlacote/fb-scraping-tools
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
A unit tested set of tools written in Python to scrape / collect data visible by a logged-in user from Facebook
Contributions:5 commits in 1 day
pythonunitbeautifulsoupscrapingshell
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