Nicky Geerts
Embedded Software Architect at Redwire Europe
Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolNicky Geerts is an Embedded Software Architect with 12 years of hands-on experience building low-level C/C++ systems, Linux kernel drivers, U-Boot bootloaders and RTOS-based firmware across telecom, consumer devices and industrial automation. He combines deep kernel and driver expertise with practical skills in Yocto/Buildroot, cryptography and embedded cybersecurity, having led platform and security assessments as well as product work for companies like Cisco, Newtec, Technicolor and Barco. Nicky’s background spans from PPC assembler on mobile authentication boxes to modern Yocto-based Linux products, giving him a rare end-to-end view of boot-to-application embedded stacks. He frequently bridges R&D and product demos (Python-based prototypes) and is comfortable interfacing with FPGA/PCI hardware, networking stacks and secure boot flows. Based in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, he’s known for pragmatic problem-solving that balances reliability, performance and security in constrained devices.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Industrial Engineer, Electronics, ICT, Industrial Engineer, Electronics, ICT at Karel de Grote-HogeschoolIndustrial Sciences, Industrial Sciences at Vrije Technische Scholen - Sint Niklaas
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (17)
ubuntu8
windows8
cloud-init7
libvirt7
kvm7
debian7
command-palette6
powertoys6
virtual-machine6
bash5
almalinux5
home-assistant-integration4
home-assistant4
api3
beaglebone-black3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
panic1/ovh_dynhost_update
Mar 2018 - Jul 2023
OVH DynHost Update
Contributions:4 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
dynhostupdateovhovh-dynhost
panic1/quadcopter
Sep 2013 - Sep 2016
Contributions:38 commits, 4 PRs, 11 pushes in 3 years 1 month
quadcopter
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