Julian Skidmore
Senior Firmware Engineer at ByteSnap Design
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Skidmore is an embedded systems engineer and EV industry consultant with 14 years of hands-on experience and a research MPhil in Computer Architecture from Manchester. He has a deep background in real-time C/C++ development across Arm and x86 platforms, Symbian-era mobile kernels, and low-power Cortex M0+ systems for IoT and NFC. Julian has led firmware and product-line engineering efforts that span multiprocessor CAN-bus calibration systems to secure bootloaders and BLE module upgraders, blending safety-critical and consumer-facing product work. As an entrepreneur he created FIGnition, a DIY 8-bit educational computer that sold to hobbyists and was featured on BBC Click, reflecting his passion for accessible hardware education. Now consulting in the EV sector, he uniquely combines legacy embedded expertise with modern automotive and IoT constraints, plus practical experience in multi-SKU, modular codebases that ease long-term product maintenance.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MPhil, Computer Architecture, Pass, MPhil, Computer Architecture, Pass at The University of ManchesterBSc, Computer Science, 2.1 (Hons), BSc, Computer Science, 2.1 (Hons) at University of East Anglia
Github Skills (2)
bit9
8-bit8
Github contributions (2)
Snial/FIGnition
Sep 2011 - May 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 6 years 8 months
diy8-bit8-bit-computerbit
Snial/Ayt
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 month
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