Matias Nitsche
Embedded Software Engineer at Skyloom Global
Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolMatias Nitsche is an embedded software engineer with 11 years of experience designing and hardening low-level firmware for nRF52 platforms and real-time embedded systems. Currently at Skyloom Global, he brings a strong research pedigree from CONICET and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires, combining academic rigor with production-focused delivery. He has deep hands-on expertise in peripheral drivers, Bluetooth SoftDevice integration, SPI/I2C optimizations and errata-driven fixes, contributing notably to the widely used NuttX RTOS and PX4/NuttX ecosystems. His background also includes teaching computer organization and neural networks, and earlier work administering HPC clusters and Linux systems, which informs a systems-level perspective on performance and reliability. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex hardware constraints into efficient, maintainable firmware and to improve stability through low-level optimizations.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Buenos Aires
English, Spanish
Github Skills (15)
rt10
embedded10
rtos10
spi10
sys10
nrf5210
rtc10
hal9
abstraction-layer9
i2c9
bluetooth-le8
bluetooth8
power-management8
c-programming8
bootloader6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
apache/nuttx
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
Apache NuttX is a mature, real-time embedded operating system (RTOS)
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:340 reviews, 164 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Matias's contributions focused on the nRF52832 platform within the NuttX RTOS. Their work involved the implementation and enhancement of various low-level drivers and peripheral support, including the addition of I2C bitbang functionality. The user also focused on optimizing the system by addressing errata and streamlining SPI operations with more efficient register settings. The user also added support for new feature in the radio part.
operating-systemapachemicrocontrollerrtosoperating
PX4/NuttX
Oct 2019 - May 2021
Standard NuttX (http://nuttx.org) with current PX4 WIP patches
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:224 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Matias primarily contributes to the nRF52-based embedded systems platform for NuttX. Their work focuses on low-level peripheral drivers, including Bluetooth (specifically the SoftDevice Controller), SPI communication, RTC, and GPIO/GPIOTE configurations. The user's contributions also involved adding features and addressing issues related to various peripherals such as the ADC, and improving the overall stability and performance of the platform, also adding stackcheck support.
wiplinuxrtosmicrocontrollerpatches
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