James Beck
VP Of Engineering at Synapticon
Stuttgart Region Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Beck is a VP of Engineering based in the Stuttgart region with eight years of formal experience leading robotics and embedded systems teams, and a longer history of hands-on work in motion control and firmware. He progressed from developing motor controllers and real-time robotic simulation to managing cross-functional firmware, software, and motion-control groups at Synapticon, where he now oversees engineering strategy. His background blends MS-level robotics and control expertise with practical mechanical and electronics skills—he’s written low-level MCU firmware, designed CI systems for test reporting, and solved vibration and control challenges on physical hardware. Known for turning complex control theory into production-ready systems, he also has experience building TDMA radio networks and distributed test frameworks, a less obvious signal of his systems-level view. James combines technical leadership with a maker’s fluency in both software and hardware, enabling rapid iteration from prototype to deployed robotic products.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, BS, Mechanical Engineering, Physics at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityMS, Robotics and Control Engineering, MS, Robotics and Control Engineering at Columbia Engineering
English, German
Github Skills (16)
ethercat6
git-clone4
communication-protocol4
torque4
css3
backend2
recursive2
slave2
ports2
mender2
velocity2
firmware1
ethernet1
sdk1
nodejs1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
synapticon/py_wrike_v4
May 2025 - Dec 2025
A python wrapper for the Wrike API
Contributions:3 pushes, 5 branches in 6 months
jbck/SOEM
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
ethercat-mastermasterethercat
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