John Crannell-ash
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Vanteon Corporation
City of Rochester, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Crannell-ash is a Senior Principal Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience bridging hardware and software in robotics, automotive, and embedded systems. He specializes in Linux kernel development, firmware and FPGA bring-up, and robust firmware upgrade systems for vehicle CAN and industrial protocols, having delivered production designs on platforms from Xilinx Zynq to NXP S32K. His background includes control engineering for autonomous bricklaying robots, motor control and RFID security improvements, and teaching embedded systems at UC Santa Cruz, where he also developed autonomous path-planning algorithms integrated with ROS. Known for translating complex low-level requirements into reliable, field-updatable systems, he pairs deep technical craft with practical training and mentorship—he’s even volunteered coaching First Robotics teams locally. Based in Rochester, NY, John brings a rare mix of classroom instruction, hands-on fabrication, and production-focused firmware leadership.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
English
Stackoverflow
124reputation
22kreached
6answers
2questions
Github Skills (58)
spiffs10
firmware10
espressif10
esp826610
lua10
nodemcu10
esp3210
dma9
xilinx9
software-defined-radio9
zynq9
wifi9
photo-upload9
fpga8
aircrack-ng8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Jcrash29/jcrash29.github.com
Jul 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:38 commits, 270 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
Jcrash29/AdventOfCode
Sep 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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