Mike Thielvoldt
Principal Engineer at MGT Firmware
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMike Thielvoldt is a Principal Engineer and firmware specialist with 11+ years building controls and embedded systems for energy-moving machines, blending mechanical, electronics, and low-volume manufacturing expertise. He has led product inception through delivery—driving rapid prototyping, technical de-risking, and advanced time-series data capture—while prioritizing safety and cross-functional collaboration with product, EE, manufacturing, and reliability teams. A former founder and CEO who designed and manufactured performance hardware, he brings hands-on sensitivity to prototype quirks that accelerates practical, testable designs. Based in Cambridge, MA, he now focuses on high-performance firmware, CI, secure updates, and scalable testing practices that bridge lab prototypes to compliant production systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MS Mechanical Engineering, MS Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
32-bit8
os-independent7
key-generation7
embedded6
create-react-app6
arduino6
interrupt6
clock6
io6
device-management6
javascript6
dfu5
firmware5
bootloader5
portable4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mthielvoldt/firment
May 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:18 PRs, 69 pushes, 14 branches in 10 months
mthielvoldt/liteinvite
Apr 2020 - May 2024
A minimalist but flexible way to organize events
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
minimalisteventsorganizeflexible
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