Nicholas Shrake
Embedded Software Engineer at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
California, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Shrake is an Embedded Software Engineer with 11 years of experience designing firmware and hardware for sensors, high-speed systems, and optical applications, currently building embedded software at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in California. He combines a strong academic foundation—MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from UC Davis—with practical experience in PCB schematic/layout, low-noise photodiode front-ends, and control systems developed during graduate research on fermentation sensing. His background spans firmware roles at BeBop Sensors and hardware engineering at Spire Global, plus earlier full-stack web and lab support roles that give him a rare blend of embedded, hardware, and software fluency. Known for attention to low-noise analog design and increasing dynamic range in constrained systems, he brings a pragmatic, experimentally driven approach to sensor and optical engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
9 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 California, Davis
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Github Skills (22)
data-acquisition5
megadrive5
iio5
sega-genesis5
genesis5
samd215
hid4
usb-hid4
usb4
dfu4
nrf528404
microchip4
flash3
orangepi3
bootloader3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
shraken/usbhid_buddy
May 2016 - Apr 2020
Hardware, firmware, and software for the USBHID DAQ 'Buddy' device
Contributions:51 PRs, 267 pushes, 95 branches in 4 years
buddyfirmwareusbhidhardwaredaq
shraken/gboot
Jun 2017 - Oct 2018
A USB HID Bootloader for Silabs C8051F3xx devices
Contributions:17 commits, 8 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 4 months
nrf52840iiohiddfuusb-hid
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