John Schiltz
Firmware Engineer II at Milwaukee Tool
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Schiltz is a firmware engineer with seven years of hands-on experience building embedded systems at Milwaukee Tool, progressing from intern to Firmware Engineer II. He specializes in systems-level programming and has shipped internal diagnostic tools, Bluetooth client libraries, and usage-tracking features for connected products. Comfortable across the full firmware lifecycle, he blends low-level debugging with practical product-focused delivery. Based in Milwaukee, he leverages a Computer Science background from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee to solve real-world hardware-software integration challenges. Notably, his early internship work laid the foundation for production diagnostic tooling that continues to inform the team’s approach to reliability and observability. He brings a pragmatic, iterative mindset to scaling embedded features in commercial power tools.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Systems Programming, Computer Science, Systems Programming at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Github Skills (33)
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keyboard10
csv10
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tui9
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eda9
datasette9
capstone9
firmware9
spreadsheet9
discord-bot9
cli9
arm9
sqlite8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
schiltz3/Arduino-Data-Logger
Jan 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 26 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years
schiltz3/CS361Group3Project
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:42 reviews, 48 PRs, 179 pushes in 27 days
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