Stephen Harper
Principal Field Application Engineer
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Harper is a Principal Field Application Engineer with 11 years deep in embedded systems, robotics, and hardware-focused design, currently advancing customer solutions at Arrow Electronics in the Los Angeles area. He blends hands-on electrical and mechanical design with embedded Linux, security, and firmware expertise—often favoring pragmatic, elegant "hacks" when conventional answers don't exist. Previously a senior embedded FAE and an embedded systems engineer, he also founded and ran a small engineering firm, giving him both technical breadth and client-facing leadership experience. A self-described designer, builder, and wizard, he’s energized by problems that change and save lives and enjoys turning ambiguous requirements into working prototypes.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor's of Science, Robotics and Embedded Systems, Bachelor's of Science, Robotics and Embedded Systems at University of Advancing Technology
some french
Github Skills (29)
robotics7
nvidia7
image-recognition7
segmentation7
jetson-xavier7
jetson7
computer-vision6
embedded6
tensorrt6
edgetpu6
nvidia-jetson6
caffe6
deploying6
object-detection5
deepstream5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
EmbeddedDesign/GotT-Translation-Circuit
May 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:51 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
EmbeddedDesign/SiLabsWireless
May 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:39 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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