Jean-philippe Cugnet
Software Engineer
Caen, Normandy, France
Summary
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Top SchoolJean-philippe Cugnet is a software engineer with 10 years’ experience specializing in embedded systems and security, focused on no_std and async Rust for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V targets. He has led crypto and security firmware efforts at NXP, owning signing tooling and evaluating Rust as an alternative to C while delivering mixed C/Rust HALs and internal tools. Experienced across R&D, DevOps and systems administration, he’s built industrial test benches, IoT and medical-device firmware, and ran IT operations in remote polar stations, showing a practical blend of field and product engineering. He trains and consults teams on Rust adoption, software architecture and modern tooling (Git, Jujutsu, Nix, Docker), pairing hands-on implementation with long-term project mentoring. Outside engineering he’s a film photographer, reflecting a creative, detail-oriented approach to technical problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Major in IT Security, Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Major in IT Security at University of CaenFirst year in Engineering, Computer Engineering, First year in Engineering, Computer Engineering at University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC)Two-year degree (DUT), Networks and Telecommunications, Two-year degree (DUT), Networks and Telecommunications at University Institute of Technology of Caen
French, English, Esperanto
Github Skills (200)
nix10
messenger10
vim10
chat10
visual-studio10
spacemacs10
rust-lang10
markdown10
matrix10
nixos10
linux10
melpa10
editor10
emacs-lsp10
emacs10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ercp/ercp_basic.rs
Mar 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:146 pushes, 17 branches in 1 year 11 months
ejpcmac/nixpkgs
Aug 2018 - Feb 2025
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:40 pushes, 100 branches in 6 years 7 months
nixosnix-packages
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