Paul Mcgougan
Senior Software Engineer at PLM Services
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Mcgougan is a Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years designing and shipping mission-critical embedded and server-based systems, currently driving the next generation lasertag platform at Laserforce International while running his own embedded software consultancy. He combines deep hands-on expertise in C/C++, microcontrollers, RTOS, Linux/µClinux, hardware–software interfaces and communications protocols with full lifecycle delivery from concept through manufacturing. Paul has led engineering teams and delivered high-reliability products for clients including Telstra, Optus and Boeing Defence Australia, and has practical experience in OS-level work and hardware sensor design from his time at Topcon. Comfortable across mobile, desktop and real-time microcontroller environments, he brings a pragmatic systems-level perspective informed by a Master’s in Software Architecture and an early background in analytical chemistry—an unusual blend that helps him think both rigorously and practically about complex engineering problems.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Diploma In Science, Analytical Chemistry, Postgraduate Diploma In Science, Analytical Chemistry at The University of QueenslandMaster of Information Technology, Software Architecture, Master of Information Technology, Software Architecture at QUT
Github Skills (55)
cdr10
pdf-document10
compilation10
synology10
pdf10
pdf-files10
jdownloader10
poppler10
nas10
simple-api10
pdf-generation10
pdfium10
sha9
nativescript-plugin9
pdf-manipulation9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mcgouganp/plmservices-ns-plugins
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
mcgouganp/PDFGen
Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
Simple C PDF Writer/Generation library
Contributions:4 PRs, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
pdfpdfiumpdf-generationwritergenerator
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