Matt Flax
Measurement Software Engineer & Manager at Diraq
Greater Sydney Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Flax is a Measurement Software Engineer and manager with over two decades of cross-disciplinary experience in electrical engineering, signal processing, and software development, underpinned by a PhD in physiological modelling of hearing. He has founded and led multiple ventures (Flatmax, Audio Injector) and served as CTO and technical lead at product-focused companies, consistently translating research into commercial audio, medical-device, and consumer products. Matt blends embedded and cloud expertise—spanning kernel and driver work (including an IIO driver contribution to the jack2 codebase), machine learning, and manufacturing logistics across APAC and the US. He is comfortable from transistor-level circuit design to high-level algorithms and product launches, and has introduced machine learning into hearing-aid prescription workflows. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic inventor who pairs deep academic insight with hands-on engineering and global production experience.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.E., Electrical Engineering, B.E., Electrical Engineering at University of New South WalesUNSW Sydney
Github Skills (14)
firmware10
embedded10
linux10
c-language10
raspberry-pi10
driver10
cprogramming-language10
buildroot10
sys10
c119
c179
api-design8
makefile8
linux-kernel7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jackaudio/jack2
Dec 2013 - Feb 2014
jack2 codebase
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on developing a new Industrial I/O (IIO) driver for the jack2 codebase. Their contributions involved writing C++ code for the driver, including initialization, data reading, and integration with the existing JackAudioDriver framework. They also added functionality for device discovery and configuration, enabling the driver to interact with specific IIO devices. Furthermore, the user refactored the existing code and made improvements based on code review feedback, enhancing the driver's functionality.
javacodebase
Audio-Injector/AudioInjector.zero.template
Jul 2020 - Nov 2021
Template for building analogue templates for the Audio Injector zero sound card
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 3 months
audio
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