Stéphane Gourichon
Software Engineer at Ergozel
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolStéphane Gourichon is a software engineer with a Ph.D. and over 20 years of hands-on experience delivering high-quality, production-grade software across demanding domains such as transportation, defense, health, and embedded systems. He blends deep research-rooted thinking with pragmatic engineering—having led R&D, founded startups, acted as interim CTO/consultant, and contributed to open-source hardware tooling like LiteX to improve DFU, memory measurements and CSR access. Comfortable from low-level device drivers and signal processing to AI, GUI and networked architectures, he excels at auditing, extending or building robust systems that scale from a single device to millions of users. Known for meticulous analysis and reliability-first delivery, he thrives on the hardest problems where thoughtful design and flawless execution matter. Based in Paris, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with a long track record of producing software that "just works."
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Mathematics Physics Electronics Computer Science Robotics, Engineer's degree Mathematics Physics Electronics Computer Science Robotics at École PolytechniquePh.D / Doctorat / Thèse de 3ème cycle Computer Science Cognitive Science, Ph.D / Doctorat / Thèse de 3ème cycle Computer Science Cognitive Science at Pierre and Marie Curie University
French, English, German, Russian
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Github contributions (5)
enjoy-digital/litex
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Build your hardware, easily!
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 4 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Stéphane primarily contributed to the Litex project, focusing on embedded systems and hardware-related software. Their work included modifying the DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) process, addressing CPU crashes on specific hardware variants, and improving memory performance measurements. They also implemented convenience functions for accessing CSR (Control and Status Register) fields, generating header files to facilitate software-hardware interaction.
vhdlsystem-on-chipedasochardware
fidergo-stephane-gourichon/quicktile
Mar 2016 - Mar 2023
Adds window-tiling keybindings to any X11-based desktop. (An analogue to WinSplit Revolution for people who don't want to use the Compiz Grid plugin)
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 1 month
windowsx11linuxrevolutionwindow
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