Summary
Richard Osterloh is an embedded engineer with 13 years' experience designing firmware, Embedded Linux and Android platform software for products ranging from wearable assistive devices to robotic perception systems. He has led the end-to-end creation of embedded teams and products, including hardware, firmware, certification (UL), manufacturing and calibration at Gardin Agritech, and now applies that multidisciplinary expertise at Humanoid. His background spans low-power MCU firmware, Linux boot/kernel/filesystem work, SoC platform and HAL development for Android, and custom driver design for novel AR and vision hardware. Comfortable in both research-driven R&D and productisation, he combines hands-on electronics and software skills with practical systems engineering to move prototypes into certified production. Based in Stanbridge, UK, he is driven by continuous improvement and a preference for tackling cross-domain problems that bridge hardware, firmware and user-facing software.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Grove Primary School
BScEng Mechatronics, BScEng Mechatronics at University of Cape Town
Westerford High School
English, Afrikaans, Xhosa