Summary
Neal O'hara is an Embedded System Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience designing PCBs and building embedded solutions across platforms like TI MSP430, Renesas RL78, BeagleBone, and Arduino. Based in Raleigh, NC, he currently leads system integration, development, and verification at Elliot Tech, translating hardware designs into robust, production-ready firmware. His background in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a robotics focus gives him a practical edge in both low-level firmware and hardware troubleshooting. A long-standing IEEE member, Neal pairs early-career, real-world handyman and resident-advisor roles with technical depth—making him comfortable solving problems from circuit layout to field deployment.
12 years of coding experience
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Robotics at North Carolina State University
English