Oliver Douglas
Firmware Engineer at Zoox
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOliver Douglas is a firmware engineer based in Portland, Oregon with a decade of hands-on experience designing embedded systems for advanced mobility platforms. He has built flight-critical firmware and electronics for eVTOL aircraft at Opener and now works on firmware at Zoox, blending microcontroller and FPGA expertise with practical flight-test and systems integration experience. His background includes developing ARM/FreeRTOS stepper motor controllers and end-to-end firmware for aerospace applications, demonstrating a strong grasp of real-time systems and hardware-software co-design. Although his formal education spans English and computer/electrical engineering coursework, his career shows a clear, self-driven transition into embedded engineering. He is particularly interested in signal processing and communications, applying that curiosity to robust firmware for safety-critical vehicles. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who thrives at the intersection of firmware, electronics, and flight testing.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Northern Virginia Community CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), English, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityElectrical Engineering, Senior, Electrical Engineering, Senior at George Mason UniversityGithub contributions (5)
ofdouglas/2kwMotorController
Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
ofdouglas/ofdouglas.github.io
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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