Steve Penna
Member Of Technical Staff at Etched
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteve Penna is a DGX Design Engineer at NVIDIA with 12 years of engineering experience and a strong foundation in mechatronics, embedded systems, and signal processing. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering (4.0) and is pursuing an accelerated MS in Electrical Engineering focused on mechatronics and embedded systems, combining hardware-software fluency in RTOS, PID control, IoT, and Matlab/Simulink. Steve’s background spans firmware prototyping—such as designing a touchscreen- and audio-enabled bionic arm prototype with Python PC control—to production-grade systems work at NVIDIA, and earlier roles at Memfault, Square, and Pebble reflected in his Android-focused GitHub history. Comfortable bridging lab prototypes and scalable designs, he brings hands-on digital system and radio expertise plus leadership and communication skills honed through internships and volunteer tech roles. He’s equally at home wiring hardware and shipping software, with a knack for integrating audio, control, and embedded networking in real products.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University
Github Skills (44)
embedded-software10
firmware9
developer-tools9
docusaurus9
embedded9
android-application8
kotlin8
pebble7
compiler-plugin7
sdk7
dagger7
android6
web-bluetooth6
android-applications6
java6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
coredevices/mobileapp
Jun 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:39 reviews, 5 PRs, 203 pushes in 1 year 1 month
sjp4/PebbleOS
Jul 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:5 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year
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