Kevin Gillespie
Software Engineer at US Army
Richardson, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Gillespie is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in embedded systems, firmware and verification for Cortex-M microcontrollers, currently building wireless and IoT-focused solutions at Maxim Integrated. He pairs deep hands-on firmware work—writing drivers, integrating third-party IPs, and supporting high-volume customers—with practical board bring-up and debugging expertise. An active contributor to embedded tooling quality (notably test automation for the popular ARMmbed/DAPLink project), he emphasizes reliable device programming and serial/mass-storage interfaces. Kevin also serves as an Infantry Officer in the Army National Guard, bringing operational planning, leadership, and field-tested problem solving to engineering teams. Based in Richardson, TX, he holds an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Computer Engineering, and in his spare time recharges by camping and hunting outdoors.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at The University of Texas at DallasBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
English
Github Skills (8)
firmware10
cmsis10
embedded10
python10
testing10
mbed9
cortex-m8
microcontroller8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ARMmbed/DAPLink
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 21 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily contributed to the testing infrastructure and procedures of the `daplink` project, focused on embedded systems debugging. They implemented and modified automated tests to verify the functionality of file loading via mass storage and serial communication. The changes include adding tests for extracting addresses from hex files and modifying test cases for loading binary and hex files.
firmwaremicrocontrollermbeddebugmcu
kgills/mbed-os
Oct 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
kernelmbed-osoperating-systemlinuxmbed
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