Michael Mitchell
Staff Embedded Software Engineer at Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company
Alabama, United States
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SeniorMichael Mitchell is a Staff Embedded Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience building resource-optimized firmware and embedded Linux BSPs for industrial products. He combines deep C/C++ and assembly expertise across multiple architectures (8051, PIC, 68K, Intel, ARM) with practical experience in Buildroot and Yocto to deliver low-defect, high-reliability software. At Progress Rail and prior consulting roles he has led small teams, mentored engineers, and driven bring-up of specialized toolchains and production-ready feature implementations. Known for algorithm and data-structure optimizations in constrained environments, he also writes clear use-case documentation and training materials to bridge engineering and users. Based in Alabama, he pairs hands-on firmware craftsmanship with a strong focus on engineering best practices and maintainable deliverables.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (36)
windows8
integrity8
efi8
sgx7
powertoys7
command-palette7
ima7
tpm6
openembedded6
encryption6
security6
bitbake5
uefi5
yocto4
runner4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
distro-core-curated-mirrors/meta-tegra
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:194 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 6 months
core-oe/poky
Mar 2023 - Jun 2023
Contributions:69 pushes, 64 branches, 5 tags in 2 months
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