Nico Bollen
Senior Embedded Software Engineer & People Manager at Capgemini Engineering
Peer, Limburg, Belgium
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Top SchoolNico Bollen is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer and people manager with 10+ years designing hardware and firmware for automotive, industrial, and consumer products. Based in Peer, Belgium, he blends deep microcontroller expertise (MSP430, PIC, ARM7, HCS08) with Embedded Linux skills and a practical understanding of electronics production. He has progressed through technical and leadership roles at Capgemini Engineering and earlier R&D positions, delivering PCB redesigns and SENT-capable automotive firmware as well as wireless monitoring and home automation devices. An active contributor to embedded tooling, he enhanced the widely used omap-image-builder to add machine-specific configuration, image customization and package installation—showing a focus on reproducible, configurable build processes. Known for translating complex hardware constraints into reliable firmware, he also brings hands-on production awareness that eases productization and scale-up.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus student, Erasmus student at Universidade de VigoMaster of Science (MSc) Ing. Electronics (ICT), Master of Science (MSc) Ing. Electronics (ICT) at Hogeschool PXL
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Github Skills (7)
embedded10
bash10
script10
system-configuration10
sys10
image10
python7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder
Mar 2019 - Jun 2020
omap image builder
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Nico contributed to the `omap-image-builder` repository by adding features for configuring the generated images. They introduced options to disable audio and video overlays, which would impact the configuration of the generated image. Additionally, they added machine-specific information and the ability to set a configurable root password and install Python packages, improving the image build process. This indicates a focus on customization and control of the image generation process.
omap
bollenn/image-builder
Mar 2019 - Mar 2026
Image builder
Contributions:4 pushes, 6 branches in 7 years 1 month
image-processingimageimage-builderbuilder
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