Justin Alvey
Product at Sesame
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Alvey is a product leader and hardware-savvy engineer with a decade of experience bringing complex connected devices and physical products to market. He co-founded Birdi and led hardware, sensor development, manufacturing and certification for a high-end connected smoke detector and air quality monitor that exited via acquisition, then scaled hardware teams at Covariant as Head of Hardware. Justin blends electrical engineering depth (MSc/BSc) with industrial and strategic product design training from Delft, enabling him to translate system-level constraints into elegant, manufacturable products. Currently at Sesame, he focuses on product strategy and innovation in the San Francisco hardware ecosystem. He has a track record of moving from prototyping to production across consumer, EV charging, and robotics domains, and occasionally writes about his thinking and experiences. His uncommon cross-disciplinary background—spanning motor control, power electronics, and award-winning consumer design—helps him bridge engineering, design and business imperatives.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Engineering, MSc Engineering at University of Cape TownStrategic Product Design Industrial and Product Design, Strategic Product Design Industrial and Product Design at Delft University of Technology
Github Skills (16)
stlink7
gdb6
software-design5
jlink5
cortex-m5
linux5
arm5
nucleo5
sdcc5
embedded5
mcu3
generative-model3
clip3
image-editing2
image-manipulation2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
justLV/onju-voice
Aug 2023 - Dec 2024
A hackable AI home assistant platform
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 25 comments in 1 year 4 months
justLV/onju-voice-maubot
Aug 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:1 push, 2 comments in 25 days
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