Julien Lefrique
Embedded Software Engineer at Viasat Inc.
Geneva Metropolitan Area Switzerland
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Top SchoolJulien Lefrique is an embedded software engineer with 14 years of experience building firmware and Linux-based systems for wireless, low-power, and safety-critical devices. He has driven projects from requirements and architecture through prototyping, development and verification, including MEMS insulin pumps, multi-CPU Wi‑Fi MAC firmware, and Yocto-based Linux stacks. Comfortable with HW/SW co-design, RTL simulation and FPGA validation, he has deep expertise in device drivers, Bluetooth/BLE, Wi‑Fi, U-Boot and kernel work. Julien combines clinical-regulated development (IEC 62304, FMEA) with high-throughput networking firmware, showing a rare blend of medical-device safety and telecom-grade performance. Based in Geneva, he currently contributes to embedded systems at Viasat and previously led firmware efforts at Marvell and HED Technologies. Colleagues would note his practical tooling mindset—authoring internal test and build tools that accelerated integration and production.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (Diplôme d'Ingénieur), Electrical and Control Systems Engineering, Master's degree (Diplôme d'Ingénieur), Electrical and Control Systems Engineering at Université de Technologie de Belfort-MontbéliardFrench Baccalauréat, Mathematics and Electric Power Systems, Highest Honours (mention Très Bien), French Baccalauréat, Mathematics and Electric Power Systems, Highest Honours (mention Très Bien) at Lycée Général et Technologique Boutet de MonvelDUT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, High Honours (mention Bien), DUT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, High Honours (mention Bien) at IUT Nancy-Brabois
German, English, French
Github Skills (3)
linux1
nexus1
kernel1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jlefrique/jlefrique.github.com
Mar 2013 - Jan 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 11 months
jlefrique/dotfiles
Jan 2012 - Dec 2021
Contributions:374 commits, 32 pushes in 10 years
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