Nicolas Jourden
Embedded Software Engineer at L3Harris Technologies
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolNicolas Jourden is an embedded software engineer based in Montreal with a decade of experience delivering hardware-adjacent systems for defence, maritime research, and IoT applications. He has built real-time C/C++ solutions and middleware integrations (MOOS-IVP, ROS), contributed kernel and device-tree patches for ARM platforms, and automated lab workflows to accelerate research and deployment. At NATO CMRE he supported sea trials and designed C-based controllers for USVs/AUVs, and at L3Harris he continues to apply systems-level engineering to complex embedded products. An early contributor to collectd, he extended its data collection with GPSd support—demonstrating both low-level device integration and open-source collaboration. Colleague-rated for adaptability and curiosity, he blends field experience with hands-on development across the full embedded stack.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BTS, Informatique industrielle et réseaux, BTS, Informatique industrielle et réseaux at Lycée Jules Ferry, VersaillesIFIPS - Institut de Formation d'Ingénieurs de la faculté Paris Sud
English, French, Dutch, Russian, Italian
Github Skills (27)
c-language10
pthread10
c1110
collectd10
c1710
meter10
cprogramming-language10
pthreads10
metric7
rrdtool3
kafkajs3
metrics-server3
influx3
influxdb3
daemons3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
collectd/collectd
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
The system statistics collection daemon. Please send Pull Requests here!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR, 9 comments in 16 days
Contributions summary:Nicolas implemented initial support for GPSd within the collectd system, adding code to read data from GPS devices. They integrated a thread to manage the GPS data retrieval and submission, including handling configuration parameters like host, port, and timeout. Subsequent commits merged the GPSd branch and incorporated updates from other contributors, demonstrating integration and collaboration skills. The user's primary focus was on extending collectd's data collection capabilities with GPS functionality.
metrics-servermqtt-serverriemann-clientrrdtoolgraphite-client
NicolasJourden/buildroot
Jun 2016 - Mar 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 10 months
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