Robert Mcgowan
Senior Software Engineering at Spire
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Mcgowan is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer based in Paisley with deep embedded Linux and platform development expertise across C/C++, C# and mixed-signal systems. He has taken products from concept to production—handling electronics, PCB layout, firmware, board bring-up, manufacturing and mechanical integration—often rescuing projects under tight deadlines. His background spans work on TI DaVinci and Nvidia TX1/TK1 platforms, PCIe/SPI drivers, FPGA/ARM video codec hybrids and secure Android messaging, reflecting a breadth from low-level drivers to application and web layers. Robert’s career includes roles at Digital Barriers, Thales and Atmel, giving him uncommon cross-domain experience in defense, mobile and smartcard systems. Practical, hands-on and unflappable, he thrives on making complex systems work reliably in the real world. Outside typical job descriptions, he still draws on early assembly and reverse-engineering experience to solve tricky interoperability and legacy-format problems.
3 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
B.Eng Hons, Electronic and Electrical Enginering, B.Eng Hons, Electronic and Electrical Enginering at University of the West of ScotlandCastlehead High School
Github Skills (3)
spire6
yocto3
linux2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
nsat/lemdig-image
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Spire Yocto Linux Image for LEMDIG
Contributions:31 commits, 19 PRs, 39 pushes in 2 months
yoctolinux-imagelinuxspire
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