Jon Rhees
Senior Engineer at CA Engineering
South Jordan, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolJon Rhees is a Senior Engineer based in South Jordan, Utah with over 30 years of hands-on experience designing embedded and wireless systems, currently leading engineering work at CA Engineering. He specializes in low-level firmware and IoT integrations, contributing to the Matter (project-chip/connectedhomeip) ecosystem with BLE and nrfconnect platform work that highlights deep expertise in Bluetooth Low Energy and device provisioning. Jon's background spans R&D and senior engineering roles at firms like 3Com, USRobotics and Signetics, giving him rare continuity across modem, networking and embedded hardware domains. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he pairs legacy system know-how with modern open-source collaboration to bring interoperable, production-ready wireless products to market.
6 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
Spanish
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Github Skills (24)
bluetooth-le10
iot10
btle10
sys10
embedded10
bluetooth-low-energy10
c-language9
cprogramming-language9
matter-js8
homeconnect8
microchip8
zephyr8
chips8
ip8
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
project-chip/connectedhomeip
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 8 commits, 29 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributes to the Matter project, focusing on low-level system interactions. Their work involves modifying BLE advertisement flags and integrating the nrfconnect platform, indicating a strong focus on embedded systems and Bluetooth Low Energy. They also fix issues related to manual setup codes within the Matter specifications and add device information and label clusters for bridge support. These commits demonstrate a deep understanding of Matter's protocols and device integration.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
jrhees-cae/connectedhomeip
Jul 2022 - Jul 2024
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) is creating more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (formerly Zigbee Alliance).
Contributions:61 pushes, 18 branches in 2 years
allianceconnectivityconnectivity-standards-alliancesimplifyingstandards
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