Jim聽Newman
Firmware Engineer at Leap Motion, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
馃ぉ
Rockstar馃帗
Top SchoolJim Newman is a seasoned firmware engineer with nine years focused on embedded systems and a total career spanning decades across hardware and software roles. Based in San Francisco, he has shipped production drivers and firmware for hand-tracking and haptics platforms at Leap Motion/Ultraleap, including USB Audio 2.0, SPI/FIFO sensor integrations, and custom Nordic nRF5x wireless stacks using ESB. He brings deep low-level expertise鈥攄evice drivers, bootloader work, MEMS sensor integration, and clever PIC Configurable Logic Cell optimizations that cut signal propagation from microseconds to nanoseconds. Prior leadership in diagnostic and calibration software for ATE systems shows his ability to bridge firmware with complex instrumentation and test infrastructure. Jim鈥檚 background blends formal CS and EE training with hands-on board bring-up, signal debugging, and system integration dating back to IBM hardware work. Now semi-retired, he continues to enjoy building high-impact embedded solutions in AR/VR and haptics.
9 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.77 GPA, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.77 GPA at Marist CollegeAssociate's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0 GPA, Associate's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0 GPA at National Institute of Technology
Github Skills (29)
leap-motion9
microprocessors9
headset9
cassette8
assembler8
assembly8
sega-genesis7
imu7
peripheral7
bluetooth7
bluetooth-low-energy7
acpi7
680007
megadrive7
apple26
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
JimInCA/motorola-6800-assembler
May 2017 - Nov 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 18 PRs, 17 pushes in 4 years 6 months
assemblyassemblermicroprocessors
JimInCA/nordic-esb-bootloader
Mar 2019 - Mar 2022
Nordic BLE Transceiver Using Enhanced Shock Burst Protocol (ESB) w/Bootloader
Contributions:35 commits, 14 PRs, 9 pushes in 3 years 1 month
esbnordicbluetoothblebluetooth-low-energy
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe鈥檝e analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.