Petr Nechaev
Senior Engineer CTO at Cogent Embedded
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolPetr Nechaev is a Senior Engineer and CTO based in San Jose with 11 years of professional experience building automotive and industrial control systems. He blends deep academic expertise in nonlinear and model predictive control with hands-on experience in vehicle dynamics, hardware-in-the-loop, and field testing from roles at General Motors and as an assistant professor. At Cogent Embedded he leads development of reliable, safety-conscious systems spanning electronics, embedded software, and CAN-based vehicle integrations. His background includes numerical methods, PLC/SCADA integration, and real-world actuator and friction compensation work, giving him rare end-to-end insight from control theory to in-vehicle testing. Petr also brings program-level skills in strategic planning, risk management, and efficiency optimization developed while leading complex projects and agile teams. He pairs multidisciplinary engineering judgment with practical field-proven solutions that prioritize reliability in safety-critical environments.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Automation and Control, Master of Science (MS), Automation and Control at Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University
Russian, English, French
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Github Skills (75)
cppcheck10
cpp10
static-analysis10
xilinx9
lattice9
code-analysis9
static-code-analysis9
cyclone9
cross-platform9
fpga8
vivado8
intel8
bitstream8
nanomsg7
embedded6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
CogentEmbedded/tweaktool
Mar 2021 - Jun 2023
Contributions:3 releases, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
CogentEmbedded/meta-qt5
Feb 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 3 years
openembeddedqt5
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