Simone Girardi
Senior Software Quality Engineer at Infineon Technologies
Padua, Veneto, Italy
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Top SchoolSimone Girardi is a Staff Engineer in Technical Marketing with 10 years of experience building performance-critical embedded systems for automotive and robotics applications. Based in Padua, Italy, he has led end-to-end development of web-based MCU tools at Infineon and architected the automated testing infrastructure for the AURIX Configuration Studio, delivering 500+ CI-integrated tests that scaled QA for a product used across the automotive MCU market. His background spans GPU optimization, STM32 firmware for humanoid robots, and edge AI deployments on NVIDIA Jetson, reflecting a rare blend of low-level firmware skills and product-focused tooling. An active contributor to the YARP robotics framework—where he enhanced joint control simulation by adding realistic friction models—he brings both hands-on algorithmic work and cross-functional project leadership. Notably, he often bridges deep technical decisions with stakeholder-facing product roadmaps, accelerating adoption of developer tools in complex semiconductor ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering Embedded Systems, Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering Embedded Systems at Università degli Studi di VeronaSecondary School Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician, Secondary School Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician at IPSIA Giorgi Verona
Italian, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
robotics10
c-language10
robot-control10
yarp10
cprogramming-language10
ipc9
wearable-devices9
audio-device9
mobile-devices9
interprocess-communication9
usb-devices9
smart-device9
cuda6
floating-point6
bash6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
robotology/yarp
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
YARP - Yet Another Robot Platform
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Robotics Engineer
Back-end Developer & Robotics EngineerContributions:1 review, 12 commits, 4 PRs in 13 days
Contributions summary:Simone contributed significantly to the `fakeMotionControl` device within the YARP framework. Their work involved adding and implementing friction parameters such as viscous and coulomb friction. This included modifications to the device's initialization, deallocation, parameter parsing, and data access functions, directly impacting the control and simulation of robotic joints. The user also integrated these friction parameters into the `TorqueControlTest`, demonstrating their integration and functionality.
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sgiraz/yarp
Feb 2022 - Jan 2024
YARP - Yet Another Robot Platform
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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