Summary
Nicholas 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