Oliver Walters
Engineering Manager - Electronics And Software at Currawong Engineering
Tasmania, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolOliver Walters is an engineering manager and mechatronics specialist with 11+ years designing avionics-grade electronics, firmware and electromechanical systems for international aerospace customers from his base in Tasmania. At Currawong Engineering he leads cross-disciplinary teams delivering embedded, Linux and RTOS-based products and hybrid power solutions for small UAVs, combining hands-on PCB and power-electronics design with project management and DFM. He is an active open-source contributor to prominent projects such as KiCad and ArduPilot, improving PCB workflow UX and adding CAN ESC support and telemetry to flight stacks. Comfortable across Python, C++ and low-level embedded C, he bridges firmware, tooling and mechanical integration while maintaining strong technical documentation and training practices. A detail-oriented problem solver, he often surfaces subtle usability fixes in tooling that streamline complex PCB and system configuration for other engineers.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of Tasmania
English
Github Skills (38)
ec10
librarian10
c-language10
lib10
autopilot10
python10
kicad10
scripting10
el10
iot10
manage10
sys10
management10
gatsbyjs10
can-bus10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
KiCad/kicad-library
May 2015 - Jan 2018
The schematic and 3D libraries for KiCad 4.0. Note that the footprint libraries are the *.pretty repos themselves. This is an orphaned repo, the news about the v5 libs, http://kicad.org/post/kicad-official-libraries/.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 1886 commits, 747 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Oliver's commits primarily involve merging and integrating code changes, which include branches named '3dmodels', 'linear', 'dc-dc', 'device', 'interface', 'terminal-blocks', 'JST_connectors', and 'sensors', indicating a broad involvement in various features and integrations within the KiCad library repository. Their contributions suggest a role in managing and merging updates related to different aspects of the library, potentially including 3D models, various connector types, and sensor components. They were also involved with power management and user interface aspects of the software.
3dkicad
KiCad/kicad-symbols
Jul 2017 - Sep 2020
Official KiCad schematic symbol libraries for Kicad 5
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:509 commits, 199 PRs, 100 pushes in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Oliver primarily contributed to refactoring and enhancing the library organization script for the KiCad symbols repository. Their work involved implementing and refining patterns for moving symbols between different libraries. The user introduced new filters to categorize symbols from various components, including sensors, interfaces, and motor drivers. They also improved the script's logic, addressing bugs and adding features like leaving unallocated symbols in their original libraries.
kicad
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