Timotej Ecimovic
Principal Software Engineer at Silicon Laboratories
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTimotej Ecimovic is a Principal Software Engineer in Boston with over a decade of hands-on experience building wireless and embedded systems, developer tools, and mesh networking analyzers. He combines a computational physics background and supercomputer experience with deep practical skills in C, Java, Node.js and Go, bringing a Unix-philosophy approach to robust, maintainable software. As GenAI lead at Silicon Labs and owner of a software tools company, he blends technical leadership with product-minded delivery across industries. An active contributor to the Matter (connectedhomeip) project, he has focused on low-level ZAP/CBOR codec and ZCL integration work that tightens IoT interoperability. Colleagues rely on him for solving unfamiliar problems quickly—he started programming on a Commodore 64 and still enjoys digging into protocol internals.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., computational physics, B.Sc., computational physics at University of Ljubljana
Github Skills (14)
c1710
matter-js10
embedded10
microchip10
iot10
ip10
chips10
c1110
system-on-chip10
sys10
cbor9
zigbee9
build-system8
makefile8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
project-chip/connectedhomeip
May 2020 - Aug 2022
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 17 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Timotej's commits primarily focus on the ZAP (Zigbee Alliance Protocol) embedded layer within the Matter project, including cleaning up directory structures, integrating codecs and PAL (Platform Abstraction Layer), and rehoming test applications. They are actively refactoring and abstracting the CBOR codec, particularly within the context of the Zigbee-based framework, and integrating it with the core data model. Their work involves defining raw buffers, formalizing the abstraction layer for buffer management, and integrating the ZCL (Zigbee Cluster Library) API with the attribute database, showcasing a deep understanding of the underlying system.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
tecimovic/programming-school
Mar 2020 - Jan 2024
Contributions:136 pushes, 18 comments, 2 issues in 3 years 10 months
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