Nick Warrener
Engineer at CrunchYard
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Warrener is an engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience designing and building hardware-focused embedded systems and bespoke software, currently supporting HPC operations and high-performance parallel file systems at CrunchYard. He blends low-level embedded expertise—demonstrated by a GPS-synchronized, GSM-enabled data-logging system for remote geophysical instruments—with practical software craft for vector databases and RAG workflows that accelerate LLM retrieval. A distinction-holding MSc in Electrical Engineering complements his ability to move from PCB-level design and SDIO/RS-232 firmware to maintaining large-scale HPC stacks like Lustre. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, Nick is comfortable in both lab and datacenter environments and has a knack for turning field-facing hardware constraints into robust, automated solutions.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
MSc, Electrical Engineering (Research), 79% (graduated with distinction), MSc, Electrical Engineering (Research), 79% (graduated with distinction) at University of the WitwatersrandNational Senior Certificate, Graduated with a weighted average of 81.86%, National Senior Certificate, Graduated with a weighted average of 81.86% at St Benedict's College
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (4)
fiddle5
robust3
trellis3
verification2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
witseie-elen4010/2022-group-lab-005
May 2022 - Jun 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 54 reviews, 63 PRs in 1 month
UntidyRAM/AVR-ASM-DHT22
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:32 commits, 31 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
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