Jack Berkhout
Software Development Engineer at Damen Marine Components
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Berkhout is a seasoned Software Development Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building safety-critical embedded systems, marine-grade electronics, and industrial IoT solutions. He combines deep low-level expertise in C/C++ and ARM Cortex platforms (STM32, PIC) with practical experience in AI/ML for telemetry and predictive maintenance, shipping reliable autopilot, navigation, and monitoring systems for Damen. His background spans enterprise storage and Unix infrastructure (HP, NetApp) through to hardware design, PCB and firmware development as a freelance engineer, giving him rare full-stack mechatronics fluency. Known for rigorous problem-solving, determination and cross-functional collaboration, he thrives in creative, family-friendly teams and prefers practical, testable solutions where failure is not an option. Jack continuously upskills through paid courses and builds his own testing and communication protocol tools, reflecting a persistent drive to turn apparent dead-ends into working systems. Based in Breda, Netherlands, he brings a pragmatic blend of electronics, embedded security and software architecture to complex, high-reliability projects.
10 years of coding experience
40 years of employment as a software developer
Technical, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yes, Technical, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yes at Technische SchoolDigitale Electronica, Digitale Electronica, Yes, Digitale Electronica, Digitale Electronica, Yes at Dirksen OpleidingenTechnicus Bedrijfsinstallaties, Krachtstroom, Vermogenselectronica, PLC's, Yes, Technicus Bedrijfsinstallaties, Krachtstroom, Vermogenselectronica, PLC's, Yes at TBIProgramming in C and C++, Object Orentied Programming (OOP), Yes, Programming in C and C++, Object Orentied Programming (OOP), Yes at Hewlett-PackardMeet en Regel Techniek, Electronic, pneumatic, PLC, Yes, Meet en Regel Techniek, Electronic, pneumatic, PLC, Yes at LOINetApp NCDA, Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode Administrator, NetApp NCDA, Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode Administrator, Yes, NetApp NCDA, Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode Administrator, NetApp NCDA, Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode Administrator, Yes at NetApp
English, Dutch, Thai
Stackoverflow
47reputation
8kreached
2answers
5questions
Github Skills (70)
drag10
drag-and-drop10
ui-editor9
embedded9
microcontroller9
drawing8
mpu8
mbed8
dxf8
mcu8
geometry8
arduino-library7
internet7
laravel7
single-page7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bkht/Nucleo-H743ZI_SDMMC
May 2019 - May 2019
Nucleo-H743ZI_SDMMC
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
nucleo
bkht/TFT_FFT_Test
Apr 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 6 months
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