Kelvin Ly
Firmware Electrical Engineer at Anton Paar QuantaTec
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKelvin Ly is a firmware and electrical engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing mixed-signal hardware and embedded software across research, instrumentation, and commercial product environments. He combines low-level C/C++ and Python firmware development with analog/digital design, Verilog, signal processing, and precision test and measurement systems. Kelvin has contributed to notable open-source projects such as rust-lang/libc (porting/build fixes for mips-uClibc) and scikit-rf (noise analysis features), reflecting a practical blend of HW/SW integration and domain-specific tooling. His work spans high-precision instruments for Anton Paar QuantaTec and chemical sensor electronics, plus hardware security research from his UCF tenure. Based in Fort Lauderdale, he brings a curiosity-driven, research/hobbyist mindset that often leads to cross-disciplinary solutions and meticulous build/test improvements. Practical, detail-oriented, and comfortable moving between PCB, firmware, and simulation, he thrives on solving measurement and reliability challenges at the hardware-software boundary.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.905, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.905 at University of Central Florida
English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese
Github Skills (18)
ec10
python10
crossbuild10
scikit10
wave10
linux10
wav10
el10
c1110
c1710
uclibc10
micro10
cross-compiling10
rust10
engine10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rust-lang/libc
Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
Raw bindings to platform APIs for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 3 PRs, 18 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Kelvin primarily focused on modifying and improving the build process for the `libc` library, specifically tailoring it for the mips-unknown-linux-uclibc target environment. Their work involved adding conditional compilation directives to include or exclude certain headers and constants based on the target environment. The user also addressed build errors and inconsistencies related to constants and structures within the codebase. They appear to be focused on porting or maintaining the library for the specified architecture and uClibc.
rust
scikit-rf/scikit-rf
Mar 2019 - May 2019
RF and Microwave Engineering Scikit
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 3 PRs, 33 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Kelvin has been implementing and refining features related to noise analysis within the scikit-rf library. Their contributions include adding properties for noise calculations, integrating noise data from touchstone files, and implementing noise interpolation functionality. They also made adjustments to the internal structure of the code by moving constants to a separate file, as well as fixing property names. The user's work focused on extending the library's capabilities for RF and microwave engineering applications.
pythonmicrowaveengineeringsignal-processingmicrowave-engineering
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