Nick Østergaard
Software Engineer at Samsung Electronics
North Denmark Region, Denmark
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Top SchoolNick Østergaard is a software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently building software at Samsung Electronics from his base in North Denmark. He brings a strong systems and UI focus, demonstrated by open-source contributions to notable projects like KiCad and distcc where he modernized GUIs, improved internationalization, and bridged application UI work with embedded/system-level concerns. His background includes security-focused work at Intel and hands-on testing of mobile multiSIM devices, giving him practical experience across product quality, security, and low-level integration. Trained in Control and Automation at Aalborg University and with research experience introducing 3D printing to student projects, he combines engineering rigor with a makers’ curiosity that surfaces in both industrial and community-driven code improvements.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Control and Automation, Bachelor's degree, Control and Automation at Aalborg Universitet / Aalborg UniversityNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Spanish
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Github Skills (16)
c1710
wxwidgets10
ec10
gtk10
el10
c-language10
cmake10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
c1110
eda10
cairo9
python9
matplotlib9
git8
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
KiCad/kicad-source-mirror
Feb 2014 - Jan 2021
This is an active mirror of the KiCad development branch, which is hosted at GitLab (updated every time something is pushed). Pull requests on GitHub are not accepted or watched.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer (with a focus on application UI and potentially embedded system development)
Full-stack Developer (with a focus on application UI and potentially embedded system development)Contributions:72 commits, 7 PRs, 6155 pushes in 7 years
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributes to the KiCad project by modifying source files to enhance the user interface and functionality. Their work includes updating the "About" dialog, fixing string errors in the array creation dialog, and adding a new 100 mil grid size to Eeschema. Additionally, the user has been working on improvements to the Eagle plugin. The user has also contributed to the i18n system with the addition of statistics and plotting capabilities.
3d-modelshostedgitlabupdatedkicad
distcc/distcc
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
distributed builds for C, C++ and Objective C
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 7 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Nick primarily focused on refactoring and updating the project's graphical user interface (GUI) components. Their commits demonstrate an effort to modernize the UI by migrating from older GTK versions to GTK3, including adjustments to rendering methods and removing legacy code. The user also addressed styling and layout issues related to status bars, and removing dead code. Their contributions included improving the visual appearance and removing outdated dependencies.
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