Summary
Nicolas Oliveira is a Chief of Software & Waveform Projects specializing in Software-Defined Radio for tactical communications, with 11 years of experience bridging RF/DSP fundamentals and production-grade embedded software. He leads a multidisciplinary R&D team at IMBEL, delivering SCA-compliant waveforms and Buildroot-based Linux platforms while remaining hands-on in C++ user-space services, low-level hardware control, and system integration. His background combines an engineering degree from Instituto Militar de Engenharia, an ongoing M.Sc. in MIMO SDR research, and practical expertise in LabVIEW test automation and operator-facing HMI tooling (LVGL, Flutter). Nicolas is known for converting field feedback from HF/VHF/UHF deployments into robust product features and software-driven RF calibration strategies. He teaches applied programming at IME, linking academic research to operational capabilities. A detail not obvious from titles: he routinely performs RF circuit analysis (mixers, PLLs, filters) to inform software control approaches, tightly coupling hardware behavior with reliable embedded systems.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Eng., Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Eng. at Instituto Militar de Engenharia