Jakob Hasse
Embedded Software Engineer at Espressif Systems
Shanghai, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJakob Hasse is an Embedded Software Engineer with six years of experience specializing in Embedded Linux and Industrial IoT, currently building robust firmware at Espressif Systems from Shanghai. He brings deep C++ and Python expertise, Linux device driver development, and product design experience rooted in a Master's in Computer Science from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München. Jakob’s notable open-source contributions to the widely used esp-idf project show his fluency with low-level systems—FreeRTOS internals, memory allocation, interrupt handling—and a focus on performance, stability, and security. His background includes hands-on embedded system engineering at qiio and robotics work at the German Aerospace Center, reflecting both product-facing and research-driven engineering. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who pairs hardware-level insight with clear documentation and testing discipline.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (31)
espressif10
mdns10
websocket10
iot10
asio10
esp3210
esp-idf10
testing9
networking9
enums9
mocking9
cpp9
code-generation8
doctest8
mqtt8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
espressif/esp-idf
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
Espressif IoT Development Framework. Official development framework for Espressif SoCs.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:37 reviews, 320 commits, 6 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jakob has made numerous contributions across the repository, focusing on the core infrastructure of the ESP-IDF framework, including code modifications related to the FreeRTOS kernel, memory allocation, debugging, and interrupt handling. These contributions indicate a strong understanding of low-level system aspects and hardware details, with specific attention to improving the performance, stability, and security of the system. The changes include refactoring, adding tests, and clarifying documentation.
espressifiot
espressif/esp-idf-cxx
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
C++ wrapper classes for ESP-IDF components.
Contributions:11 reviews, 25 commits, 27 PRs in 9 months
cppesp-idf
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