Summary
Nolan Hergert is a Senior Software and Firmware Engineer with 11 years of experience building low-level systems across software, hardware, and signal processing, currently developing management software for Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory. He combines deep embedded firmware skills—JTAG debugging, ARM development, and unit testing with CppUTest—with a strong background in algorithm development and signal processing from biomedical and robotics projects. Nolan mentors high-school robotics teams, showing a talent for translating complex engineering into teachable, real-world projects and fostering curiosity in others. He has a track record of creating practical tooling and data interfaces (including a unified Python interface for large biomedical datasets) and runs a public wiki of notes and project documentation that reflects his habit of thorough, shareable engineering. Based in Beaverton, Oregon, he is a quick study who thrives on cross-disciplinary problems and improving systems through collaboration and iterative testing.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Robotics, Electronics, and Engineering, Robotics, Electronics, and Engineering at Hillsboro High School
2012, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2012, Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
Century High School