Summary
Tom Lee is a firmware engineer with 11 years of experience building and validating low-level firmware for SSD controllers and other high-performance hardware systems. Trained as an electrical engineer with a biomedical specialization and a commerce minor from UBC, he blends hardware-focused signal and power integrity know-how with firmware development and ASIC validation expertise honed at Intel and Solidigm. His background includes hands-on board bring-up, digital circuit design, and even a Linux-based 12kW PDU project from internships at Arista, showing comfort across hardware and software boundaries. He also has experience creating developer-facing curriculum and prototyping control electronics for research applications, reflecting a knack for translating complex technical concepts into practical solutions. Based in Vancouver, Tom is well-suited to cross-disciplinary roles that require rigorous hardware debugging, firmware optimization, and systems-level thinking.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Electrical Engineering Biomedical Option Minor in Commerce, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Electrical Engineering Biomedical Option Minor in Commerce at The University of British Columbia
Elgin Park Secondary
Exchange College of Science and Engineering, Exchange College of Science and Engineering at University of Glasgow
English, French, Korean, Spanish