Sander Van De Bor
Principal Engineer at Haeger Inc.
Oakdale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSander Van De Bor is a Principal Engineer based in Oakdale, California, with eight years of formal experience and a deep background in modular mechanical design, controls, hydraulics and embedded software for industrial machinery. He led a ground-up modular redesign of Haeger’s product family—inventing the upper tool change mechanism and cutting lead times for standard tooling from months to days while improving margins without raising prices. Sander blends hands-on mechanical engineering with firmware and PCB work, contributing to open-source embedded tooling such as the megaTinyCore Arduino core for tinyAVR devices. He also runs a small business, California STEAM, creating maker-focused wearable electronics and custom Arduino-style boards that bridge art and technology. Educated across the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, he pairs international IPD and mechanical engineering training with practical process optimization and product launch experience. His uncommon combination of machine-level inventiveness and low-level microcontroller work makes him effective at bringing complex electromechanical products from concept to market.
8 years of coding experience
Master, Management, Master, Management at University of BernBachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering at Inholland University of Applied SciencesMaster, Integrated Product Development, Master, Integrated Product Development at Dalarna UniversityBachelor, Integrated Product Development, Bachelor, Integrated Product Development at Hochschule Osnabrück
German, Dutch, English
Github Skills (6)
avr10
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
arduino10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
SpenceKonde/megaTinyCore
Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
Arduino core for the tinyAVR 0/1/2-series - Ones's digit 2,4,5,7 (pincount, 8,14,20,24), tens digit 0, 1, or 2 (featureset), preceded by flash in kb. Library maintainers: porting help available!
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 5 PRs, 41 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sander primarily contributed to the development of an Arduino core for tinyAVR microcontrollers. Their work involved restructuring the file and folder structure, removing legacy board support, and adding API functionality to the core. The user also corrected pin definitions and made updates to variant files, demonstrating a focus on hardware integration and low-level code modifications for specific AVR microcontroller models.
arduino-coreattinydigitsbrokenarduino
freemovers/teddy_bear
Jan 2021 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 9 months
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