Jay Vaughan is a seasoned embedded software engineer and founder with over a decade of experience building firmware, embedded Linux systems, and cross-platform developer tooling for hardware-focused products. Currently a Software Analyst at Kontron Transportation, he previously led firmware and product engineering at Austrian Audio and designed high-performance embedded firmware for Grabner Instruments. Jay has founded multiple ventures (Primitur, HiQ dynLab, Primitur Music Technology) and shipped commercial products ranging from audio hardware and iOS apps to industrial control systems and a production treadmill, demonstrating both technical depth and product sense. His background spans low-level systems work (kernel and filesystem components) through release engineering and team leadership across Europe. Comfortable across C/C++, embedded Linux, CANopen and mobile ecosystems, he brings a pragmatic maker’s mindset tempered by long-term systems thinking. An inclination toward creative framing—“the machine as a tool of the spirit”—hints at an engineer who blends technical rigor with curiosity for novel user experiences.
MidiPatch is a scriptable and modular real-time software synthesizer using the PatchScript API
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Jay Vaughan - Software Analyst at Kontron Transportation