Rob Alley
Senior Product Development Engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Alley is a Senior Product Development Engineer based in Auckland with nine years in embedded software and a career spanning over two decades in firmware and systems engineering. He specializes in Embedded C and has shipped safety-critical firmware for medical devices at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, following earlier work on GPS/cellular tracking and military avionics systems. Rob combines deep low-level coding expertise with product-focused delivery, bridging hardware constraints and regulatory requirements to bring reliable devices to market. His background also includes software coordination and client-facing roles in mining software, giving him a pragmatic appreciation for operational support and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Notably, he brings continuous-field experience from development through long-term product stewardship, making him adept at sustaining and evolving complex embedded products.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science, Computing Science, Bachelor of Applied Science, Computing Science at Curtin University
Github Skills (22)
garmin10
openstreetmap9
syncthing9
gpx9
tracks9
openstreetmap-data8
data-connect8
gps8
usrp8
offline-maps8
lte7
displays5
fitness4
kml4
strava4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
roballey/OSM_Maps_For_Garmin
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Maps for Garmin GPS units generated from OpenStreetMap data. Can build non-routeable images (suitable for Garmin Edge 520 etc) and routeable images (suitable for Garmin Edge 1050, 705, Fore Runner 955 etc). Pre built images of NZ, NI and SI
Contributions:29 releases, 164 commits, 5 PRs in 5 years 9 months
openstreetmap-datagarminunitsgpxconfiguration-files
roballey/garmin-connect-export
Sep 2018 - Mar 2020
Download a copy of your Garmin Connect data, including stats and GPX tracks.
Contributions:14 commits, 17 pushes, 2 issues in 1 year 5 months
gpx-tracksgarmingarmin-connectfitnessgpx
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