Yashashwin K
Everything at Waterloo Hacker Fab
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYashashwin K is a versatile engineer based in San Francisco with six years of hands-on experience spanning embedded firmware, avionics hardware, and software tooling. He has led avionics subsystem design through multiple board iterations and system re-architectures, integrating power, flight control, and communication stacks (DroneCAN, MAVLink) for production-intent aircraft. Equally comfortable in firmware (Zephyr, STM32) and higher-level software, he’s shipped an in-house ArduPilot replacement and contributed to observability tooling for LLMs and EV charging infrastructure. At Waterloo Hacker Fab he operates as a generalist problem-solver, blending rapid prototyping with production bring-up expertise. Colleagues would note he pairs systems thinking with hands-on automation—building programming stations and end-to-end bringup pipelines—to shorten the path from prototype to fleet. Outside work he’s known for sipping hot chocolate while blasting Radiohead, a small but telling hint at his focus and taste.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Stackoverflow
40reputation
266reached
3answers
2questions
Github Skills (144)
python10
prompt-engineering10
llama-index10
monitoring10
animation10
editor10
llmops10
gpt10
chakra-ui10
fonts10
electron10
typescript10
analytics10
ycombinator10
font-awesome10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
YashKarthik/dots
Jun 2021 - May 2026
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
YashKarthik/YashKarthik
Jul 2020 - Jul 2025
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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