Summary
Valentin Longchamp is a Senior R&D Engineer with 16 years of experience designing embedded systems at the intersection of hardware and software, currently delivering telecommunication solutions at Asyril in Fribourg. He specializes in early hardware specification, prototype bring-up, firmware and driver development, and higher-level software integration, having previously applied these skills in robotics and sensing systems. Valentin has led embedded software teams at Hitachi ABB Power Grids and ABB, combining technical depth with project leadership and stakeholder responsibility. His background includes academic research roles (EPFL, CSEM) and a CAS in Leadership, reflecting both rigorous engineering training and people management capability. Colleagues value his hands-on approach from PCB-to-application and his ability to translate complex hardware constraints into pragmatic software designs. Notably, he blends long-term R&D vision with day-to-day prototyping experience, making him effective at taking concepts from spec to tested product.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Baccalauréat, Baccalauréat at Collège St-Michel, Fribourg
CAS Leadership, CAS Leadership at Berner Fachhochschule BFH
Master's degree, Master's degree at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
French, English, German, swiss-german