Summary
Koos Ellis is a seasoned Software Engineer in Test with over a decade of experience specializing in embedded systems, security testing, and low-level firmware across diverse architectures from Intel 8051 and Motorola 68k to ARM and x86. He combines deep hands-on expertise in assembler, C/C++, Java, Python and a broad toolchain—IDA Pro, Riscure Inspector, Intel PIN, QEMU—supporting side-channel analysis, secure smart-card testing and Common Criteria compliance. Koos has shipped embedded and driver software for constrained real-time systems, contributed to manufacturing and certification workflows, and is comfortable across Linux, QNX, OpenWRT and virtualization stacks. Based in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, he pairs academic engineering foundations with practical lab experience in cryptographic testing and high-performance device software, often bridging hardware test instrumentation and production-grade software.
12 years of coding experience
B-Ing Electric and Electronic Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B-Ing Electric and Electronic Electrical and Electronics Engineering at North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit