Rainer Paat
R&D Manager at RCSnail
Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolRainer Paat is an R&D manager and seasoned software architect with nearly two decades of engineering experience, who blends deep software expertise from a 12+ year tenure at Skype with hands-on hardware and embedded systems work. Currently leading cross-disciplinary teams at Skawen, he builds proptech solutions that improve building performance and reduce environmental impact by combining HVAC domain knowledge with custom hardware and software. He co-founded RCSnail and engineered low-latency video control systems that were even experimented with to drive a real car, reflecting a practical appetite for robotics and autonomy. Rainer has mentored students and supervised projects at the University of Tartu, contributed interactive exhibits to AHHAA Science Centre, and guided a student solar car effort—demonstrating a strong commitment to education and sustainability. With an academic background in physics (MSc, BSc cum laude) and a persistent curiosity for system-level design, he excels at turning ambitious, multidisciplinary ideas into working products.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Nõo ReaalgümnaasiumMSc, Physics, MSc, Physics at Tartu Ülikool
Github Skills (44)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
EnergyReporter/NWStation
Jun 2019 - Jan 2022
Negawatt Station
Contributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 8 months
negawattstationvampireflutterenergy
Skawen/bacnet-stack
Jun 2021 - Oct 2024
BACnet Protocol Stack library provides a BACnet application layer, network layer and media access (MAC) layer communications services.
Contributions:7 pushes in 3 years 4 months
networkingcommunicationsmacnetwork-layerbacnet
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