Summary
Silvin Willemsen is a Full Stack Audio Software Developer with 8 years of experience building real-time audio systems, physical-modeling synthesizers, and audio plugins using C++/JUCE. He combines academic rigor from a PhD and postdoctoral work with hands-on product engineering at Baby Audio and freelance work, bridging research-grade acoustics modeling and commercial sound design. Based in North Brabant, Netherlands, he develops interactive VR acoustics teaching tools and has taught JUCE/C++ courses, showing a knack for translating complex DSP concepts into usable tools and interfaces. His background in industrial design and live keyboard performance gives him a unique user-centric perspective on audio UX and musical playability. Notably, he has repeatedly moved between academia and industry, shipping production-ready plugins while advancing real-time acoustics research.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering Sound and Music Computing, Master of Science in Engineering Sound and Music Computing at Aalborg University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Industrial Design, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology
Dutch, English, Danish