Summary
Tom Feliz is a Firmware Senior Principal Engineer in Portland, Oregon with nine years of focused experience across embedded and enterprise software spanning RF test equipment, medical devices, and ruggedized communications systems. He combines deep hands-on skills in Embedded C/C++, ARM and 8-bit MCUs, FPGA design with Microblaze, RTOS development, and hardware interfacing with enterprise tooling in C#, Python and SQL. At Tektronix he bridged customer-facing RTSA application engineering and core product software, maintaining sample code and community support, and later led firmware at Skyworks Solutions. His work at Welch Allyn on a $50M-class embedded Linux vital signs monitor demonstrates an ability to deliver safety- and revenue-critical products using Yocto/Qt. Tom’s background includes co-founding early internet and e-commerce companies, giving him uncommon systems-level perspective that blends product, operations and technical leadership. He holds engineering degrees from Harvey Mudd and an MS in Computer Science and Engineering from OHSU.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Political Studies, Bachelor of Arts, Political Studies at Pitzer College
Engineering, Engineering at Harvey Mudd College
Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Master of Science, Computer Science and Engineering at Oregon Health and Science University