Nathan Drude
Software Manager, Americas R&D Engineer at Variscite LTD.
Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Drude is a technical leader and software manager with eight years of professional experience and over a decade designing embedded hardware and software across IoT and Embedded Linux platforms. Currently leading Americas R&D at Variscite, he blends hands-on firmware and BSP development with customer-facing technical sales and solution architecture. Nathan has a track record launching production Embedded Linux platforms (Atmel A5, NXP i.MX8M Mini) and building end-to-end cellular/Wi‑Fi gateway solutions that bridge engineering, product, and sales. He mentors engineers, drives best practices like Git and code review, and consistently turns customer requirements into manufacturable designs. Based in Cottage Grove, MN, he combines deep low-level expertise with a pragmatic focus on cost reduction and commercial impact.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Saint Thomas
Github Skills (24)
bsp10
linux10
linux-kernel10
kernel10
hardware9
metadata9
arm9
freescale7
yocto7
manjaro7
openembedded7
xilinx7
yocto-layer7
openipc6
luks5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
varigit/var-host-docker-containers
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:4 reviews, 48 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 8 months
nsdrude/meta-freescale-ml
Dec 2021 - Mar 2023
This layer provides support for building Machine learning and AI applications and related software.
Contributions:43 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 3 months
machine-buildingdata-sciencedeep-learningmachine-learningai-applications
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