Jim Jacobsen
Software Engineer at Bastille
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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SeniorJim Jacobsen is an embedded software and hardware engineer with a decade of experience specializing in Linux/Android kernel driver development and broad hardware support across BLE, Bluetooth, wireless networking, sensors, eMMC/SSD, PCIe, and USB 3.0. He has deep domain expertise in aviation systems—ARINC429, FLARM, UAT, 1090-ES and ADS‑B—and has contributed backend and DevOps work to the Stratux open-source aviation receiver, including indexed logging and replay tooling. Jim combines low-level firmware and driver craftsmanship with deployment automation (makefiles, Bash, Python, Jenkins, Bamboo and custom build systems), making him effective from prototype to production. His career spans startups and established firms, with roles at Bastille, Garrett Technologies and multiple embedded systems companies, reflecting a consistent focus on rugged, real-time systems. Uncommonly for an engineer at his level, he is also a Certified Flight Instructor in Light Sport Aircraft, which informs his practical understanding of avionics requirements. Based in Kenosha, WI, he brings pragmatic engineering discipline and hands-on hardware integration skills to complex embedded challenges.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (8)
logging10
go10
command-line-arguments9
embedded8
sys8
gzip7
aviation6
i2c6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cyoung/stratux
Dec 2015 - Jun 2017
Aviation weather and traffic receiver based on RTL-SDR.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:25 commits, 36 PRs, 76 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Jim primarily focused on enhancing the Stratux project's back-end functionality. They implemented indexed logging, switched log formats, and added developer mode options. Further contributions involved incorporating command-line arguments for replay functionality, demonstrating an understanding of system configuration and user input. The user also created a test program for a hardware sensor, showcasing an ability to integrate hardware components.
rtlcenteraviationrtlsdrnoaa
stratux/avare
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:27 PRs, 45 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year
aviationgpsandroid
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