Isaac Pessoa
Hardware Software Engineer at Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software)
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolIsaac Pessoa is a hardware-software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience designing digital systems, firmware, and embedded Linux for IoT, automotive, and transport applications. He blends deep academic training (PhD and postdoctoral work in microelectronics and IoT) with practical skills in FPGA prototyping, SystemVerilog, PCB design, and Yocto-based embedded Linux. Isaac has led embedded projects across startups, research institutes, and industry—most recently at Siemens EDA—building mesh sensor networks, BLE communications, and connected-vehicle platforms. He is comfortable across the full hardware-software stack, from SoC/IP core design to production firmware and field-deployed Linux systems. Based in Paris, he brings a research-driven mindset to product engineering, often translating novel academic concepts into robust, manufacturable solutions. Colleagues value his ability to bridge rigorous verification practices with pragmatic system integration under real-world constraints.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoctoral Researcher IoT / Embedded Systems, Postdoctoral Researcher IoT / Embedded Systems at Télécom ParisMaster's degree in Computer Science Micro-electronics, Master's degree in Computer Science Micro-electronics at Universidade Federal de Campina GrandePhD Microelectronics Embedded Systems SoC, PhD Microelectronics Embedded Systems SoC at Pierre and Marie Curie University
Portuguese, English, French
Github Skills (19)
espressif10
esp3210
esp-idf10
iot9
bluetooth7
hardware6
hardware-designs6
node-red5
firmware4
philips-hue3
raspberry-pi-pico2
home-automation2
nodejs2
temperature2
hue2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ismaia/ziroba
Oct 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:78 commits, 57 pushes, 3 tags in 2 years 6 months
ismaia/oxe_spot
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:24 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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