Issam Maghni
Embedded System Developer at Silicon Labs
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolIssam Maghni is an embedded system developer based in Montreal with nine years of hands-on experience building firmware and IoT solutions, currently contributing at Silicon Labs. He is an active member of the FLOSS community and has made notable contributions to the Crazyflie firmware, integrating sensors and upgrading CMSIS for a widely used nano-quadcopter platform. Comfortable across hardware and software boundaries, Issam combines low-level driver work (I2C, USB, IMUs, range and thermal sensors) with full-stack experience gained earlier in WebRTC, Go, and TypeScript projects. He also mentors students as a teaching assistant, translating complex topics from OS kernels to web apps into practical learning. Pragmatic and curious, he favors robust, well-tested solutions over neat but brittle shortcuts.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Quebec Diploma of College Studies Mathematics and Computer Science, Quebec Diploma of College Studies Mathematics and Computer Science at Collège de MaisonneuveHigh School Diploma (International program) Natural Sciences, High School Diploma (International program) Natural Sciences at Secondary School Henri-BourassaBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal
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Github Skills (13)
c1710
firmware10
cmsis10
embedded10
c1110
sys10
system-integration10
sensor-fusion10
i2c9
stm8
chromium6
gn6
electron6
Programming languages (31)
Github contributions (5)
bitcraze/crazyflie-firmware
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
The main firmware for the Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter, Crazyflie Bolt Quadcopter and Roadrunner Positioning Tag.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 6 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Issam primarily contributed to the firmware of the Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter. Their work involved upgrading CMSIS, a software framework, and modifying build configurations. Further contributions include integration of I2C, USB and sensor drivers such as AMG8833, VL53L1X, MPU9250, and PCA9685. There are also some changes regarding drivers for the BMI088 and BMP388 sensors.
boltfirmwarecrazyfliezeroquadcopter
concatime/dotfiles
Nov 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:3 PRs, 1023 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 6 months
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