Joshua Slycord
System Engineer at Murata Machinery USA, Inc
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Slycord is a systems engineer with nine years of experience building performance-focused software and hardware tools for aerospace, defense, and heterogeneous computing. He has led end-to-end projects—from custom compilers and design automation using LLVM/Chisel to real-time computer vision and ML pipelines for rapid field deployment—often bridging research prototypes and production systems. His background includes PhD-level research creating gem5-SALAM simulation infrastructure and hands-on development at NVIDIA, demonstrating a rare mix of architecture simulation, compiler engineering, and embedded systems expertise. Joshua excels at leading cross-functional teams and automating complex workflows (e.g., testbenches and deployment tooling) to shorten development cycles and improve assessment fidelity. Based in Kings Mountain, NC, he pairs academic rigor with practical field experience, including earlier work in electrical systems and regulated facility operations that sharpen his systems-thinking and reliability focus.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of North Carolina at CharlotteBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS at Gaston CollegeCertification Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD, Certification Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD at Cleveland Community CollegeProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
TeCSAR-UNCC/gem5-SALAM
Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:177 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 3 years 11 months
Jsslycord/embedded
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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