Kevin Weiss
Embedded IoT Developer (Research Assistant) at Self-Employed
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Weiss is an experienced embedded IoT developer with a decade of hands-on firmware and hardware work, currently building open-source tooling and improving RIOT OS as a research assistant in Hamburg. He has led firmware development for industrial sensors and long-lifetime, harsh-environment products—managing large codebases, custom bootloaders, and protocols like Modbus and Ethernet/IP—while running his own consulting practice. His contributions to the well-known RIOT-OS project include refactoring the I2C API and modernizing sensor drivers and tests, reflecting an emphasis on robust, testable low-level code. Comfortable across PCB design, MCU DSP/RTOS environments, and dev-ops for embedded toolchains, he blends practical R&D with production-focused engineering. Notably, he pairs deep systems knowledge with a pragmatic focus on automated testing and developer tooling that accelerates sustainable open-source development.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Control Systems, Diploma of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Control Systems at British Columbia Institute of Technology / BCITBachelors of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Lakehead University
Github Skills (11)
i2c10
embedded10
c-programming10
sys10
driver9
microcontroller9
low-level9
sensor-fusion8
system-integration8
c-language7
develop7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
RIOT-OS/RIOT
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
RIOT - The friendly OS for IoT
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 521 reviews, 572 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Kevin's contributions primarily focused on updating and refactoring the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) API within the RIOT operating system. They updated existing test code for I2C peripherals and device drivers for the SRF08 and SRF02 sensors, ensuring compatibility with the new API. These changes involved porting code to the new API, refactoring output, fixing error handling, and improving overall code clarity and efficiency.
riot-osinternetofthingsrtosriotmicrocontrollers
riot-appstore/memory_map_manager
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
Manages memory map generation in C, python and documentation
Contributions:3 releases, 61 commits, 31 PRs in 4 years 3 months
memorypythonservicenowmap-generationcffi
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