Summary
Kister Jimenez is a Senior Manager and Embedded Systems Architect with 16 years of experience designing and integrating hardware-software solutions, currently leading embedded architecture efforts at Analog Devices. He progressed through technical and managerial roles at Analog Devices—from Senior Test Development Engineer to System Application Engineer and Systems Integration Manager—demonstrating deep domain expertise in test, integration, and productization. A Computer Engineering graduate with an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, he blends academic rigor with practical experience building electronics and low-level drivers, including work on the open qPCR hardware platform. Based in Cavite, Philippines, Kister is equally comfortable debugging PCB-level issues and architecting cross-functional system integrations. He is known for bridging academic teaching experience with industry delivery, mentoring engineers while driving complex embedded projects to production. Colleagues value his hands-on approach and his knack for turning hardware constraints into reliable, maintainable embedded software solutions.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering at University of the Philippines