Nicky Baldy
Embedded Software Engineer at Compunetix
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicky Baldy is an embedded software engineer with eight years of experience building and hardening firmware and robotic systems, currently based in Pittsburgh. She has a strong background in rapid prototyping and CI/CD-driven testing from roles at Sarcos and RE2 Robotics, where she improved automated test coverage and fixed critical firmware bugs for robotic arms. Nicky combines hands-on integration of internal libraries with customer-facing system demonstrations, showing an ability to move projects from prototype to reliable product. Her earlier work spans security operations, cloud-backed proof-of-concepts, and mentoring/teaching initiatives, reflecting a blend of practical engineering and community-minded leadership. She’s passionate about safety and quality of life improvements through technology and frequently learns across disciplines to inform her designs. Colleagues describe her as deadline-focused but curious—often uncovering small usability or testing gaps that yield outsized quality improvements.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at The University of Akron
Github Skills (15)
middleware7
robotics7
cpp6
cuda5
python5
libcamera5
bash4
distributed-systems4
driver4
deep-learning4
cuda-toolkit4
gstreamer4
ros4
git3
backend2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ArgaAlan/CodeU-2019
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Repo for the work done by team 6 in Google CodeU 2019
Contributions:41 commits, 79 PRs, 110 pushes in 2 months
deep-learningin-6python
nbaldy/SmartUVDisinfectant
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
Design Team 12 Repository, microcontroller = PIC24FJ128GA010
Contributions:3 reviews, 4 PRs, 16 pushes in 5 months
design-teammicrocontroller
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