Summary
Nikolay Yakovenko is a Senior System Software Engineer with over 25 years of hands-on experience in radio communications, vehicle access systems, and embedded systems design, currently based in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He is a principal developer and inventor behind Lear Corporation’s Passive Entry/Passive Start (PEPS) systems used in Jaguar/Land Rover vehicles since 2009, contributing hardware expertise, software algorithms, OS-level integration, Simulink modeling, and key patents. His career spans systems engineering roles across automotive, telecommunications, and scientific instrumentation—applying deep RF and telematics knowledge to practical, safety- and security-critical products. Comfortable moving between hardware, firmware, and systems integration, he has a rare combination of academic grounding (MSEE in Radio Communications) and decades of field-proven product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSEE, Radio Communications, MSEE, Radio Communications at Odessa National Telecommunications Academy
russian, ukrainian.