BlueSky Mind Innovations

נתניה, Israel

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ABOUT

SUMMARY

● Highly experienced VP of R&D with over 7 years of experience leading professional research
and development teams and individuals in embedded systems environments to deliver
innovative products and solutions from concept to commercialization.
● Highly experienced Embedded Systems engineer with over 13 years of experience in Embedded,
Software, Hardware, and Mechanical systems development.
● Highly skilled and versatile professional with experience in multidisciplinary roles across engineering,
business development, and project management.
● Proven track record of driving results, building high-performing teams, managing cross-functional
teams.
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering innovative solutions to complex
challenges.
● Strong technical expertise in embedded systems design, firmware development, and
mechanical-hardware-software integrations.

KEY Skills

● Leadership, management and coaching of R&D teams and individuals.
● Security clearance level 2.
● System engineering.
● System and Software architect and designer. Design Patterns.
● Technical expertise in software engineering and artificial intelligence.
● Cross-functional team management and collaboration.
● Strategic planning and implementation.
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
● Multidisciplinary experience across engineering (Software, hardware, Mechanics),
Project management and Agile methodologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS EXPERTISE
● C, C++, Python, C#, MATLAB, T-SQL programming languages.
● Data analysis and statistical methods.
● Embedded systems design and development. Bare metal and RTOS based firmware.
● Implementation of System Control algorithm.
● Communications: ETH (TCP-IP, UDP), SPI, I2C, UART, Can Bus, BLE, Wifi, GSM, LTE.
● Embedded MicroPython. ● Embedded RTOS: FreeRTOS, CMX, RTX, Embedded Linux.
● High Level OS: Linux and Windows.
● MCUs: ARM Cortex (M0+, M4, H7, R7, A53, more), Microchip PIC (14,18,24), MSP430,
Nordic BLE, Atmel, DSP TMS320C5515, IMX6,8, Raspberry Pi (Pico, Zero, more).
● AI Libraries: TensorFlow, Keras, TinyML.
● Robotics ROS. open-source robotics middleware suite.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021 – NOW
VP R&D, R&D MANAGER, VECTOR PROCESSING UNIT DESIGN
● Lead teams of 30 R&D professional engineers, team leaders and individuals responsible for the
development of new embedded, server, and cloud products and solutions.
● Perform a full range of leadership responsibilities: interviewing, hiring, coaching,
developing employees, driving performance management, tracking & improving R&D, and more.
● Lead continuous improvement of development methodologies and R&D structure.
Implement Agile methodologies.
● Lead and execute a complete product development cycle. Implement development flow
starting with product requirements, system design, architecture, work plans, task delegation, training,
reviews, test plans, and integration.
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and marketing,
to ensure project/product launching success.
● Drive the development of new software products, services, and infrastructure, leveraging debug
tools, computer vision, Elastic Search, Open Search and Fast Vector Search.
● Drive the development of new embedded systems products, leveraging cutting-edge
hardware and software technologies.
● Work closely with engineering teams, providing technical guidance, support, design, architecture,
and coaching.
● Use analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve issues, driving innovation
and continuous improvement.

Major projects list:
1. Fast Vector Search demo for AWS users. Web solution implemented on array of vector process units.
2. Edge computing (Embedded) solution. Implemented AI (Artificial Intelligence) modules embedded
on chip. Vision, sound, sensors.
3. Internal Infrastructure project. Create tools for debug and future investigations. Combine hardware
and software tools. Analyze critical data on demand. Saving hundreds of engineer’s hours on
errors investigations.
4. Optimizing data transaction speed by 400%. Implement and improve FPGA modules for
better performance.

2017 – 2021
SOFTWARE MANAGER, SYSREM ENGINEER, ARAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
● Perform a full range of leadership responsibilities: interviewing, hiring, coaching,
developing employees, work plans, assigning, and directing work, driving performance management,
tracking & improving R&D, and more.
● Development of several multi-disciplinary projects in parallel. Medical with FDA approval,
Military and else.
● Establishment of a software group with specialization in embedded and Linux embedded.
● Create and Implement Software-Hardware-Mechanics architecture in all the multi-disciplinary
projects of the company.
● Leading the development of Turnkey projects. Working with customers from analysis of requirements,
selecting the appropriate technologies, writing system design documents, development, and coding
algorithms for delivery and support control.
● Lead and execute a role as System engineer in various multidisciplinary projects in the company.
● System control. Implementing PID algorithm to control multiply devices (Heaters, Motors, more).
Design and control machines with six (6) motion axis, synchronize their motion and location with
precision. AC, DC Brushless, steppers motors.
● Hands-on programming in C/C++ real-time embedded environments on Cortex MCUs (IMX 6,8 | STM
families | Pic families), Linux OS (Python, C), and Win OS (Python, C#).
● Hands-on coding of low-level drivers and APIs for various physical devices (e.g., sensors and motors).
Written in C/C++ with SPI, I2C, Can Bus, UART, ETH (TCP-IP, UDP) communications, TouchGFX (GUI).
● Hands-on coding of high-level system behavior, functionality. Starting with design and architecture.

Major projects list:
1. Smart injector. Embedded medical device written in C, C++ languages and Free RTOS.
Embed motor, sensors, STM32H7, screen and TouchGFX for UI.
2. Mobile Unfreezing Blood/Plasma System. Embedded medical system with FDA approval,
written in C and Python languages. Embed multiply motors, heaters, sensors, STM32 Cortex M3
(FreeRTOS), IMX 6 (Embedded Linux + Python) and touch screen for UI.
3. In Vitro Fertilization Success Prediction System. Embedded medical system written in C and Python
languages. Embed six brushless and stepper motors, heaters, sensors, STM32 Cortex M4 (FreeRTOS),
intel x86 (Embedded Linux + Python) and touch screen for UI. Massive control and sectorization, on
multiply outputs simultaneously using multiply sensors as loop back inputs.
4. Missile Launcher. Military system written in C++, Python and HTML languages. Embed Intel x86 with
Linux OS. Control heavy-duty motors with ELMO drivers and actuators. Reading sensors for loop back
data.
5. Light Arm Station System. Military system written in C++ on Linux OS. Embed FPGAs and internal
ARM Cores. Implementing trainer mode and a new POD.
6. Internal Infrastructure. Development of design, architecture, libraries, and tools for future reuse.
Development and delivery time optimization.

2015 – 2017
SENIOR EMBEDDED FIRMWARE ENGINEER, FRIENDLY ROBOTICS
● Significant partner in the team who developed a new product in half the time compared to previous
products in the company.
● Working with the company's CTO on the development of creative solutions needed for the robot behavior.
● Hands-on development of firmware applications and drivers in C language for STM32F0, Cortex M0, ARM.
● Hands-on development of low-level drivers for external physical devices using communication
protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, and UDP, TCP on Ethernet, BLE and GSM.
● Hands-on development of motor control and synchronization. Using various sensors
for control (e.g. IMU, Temperature, Current, Voltage, Speed, Magnetic, Ultrasound, more)
● Hands-on coding on RTOS like RTX4,5 and CMX.
● Implementation of the robot navigation system.
● Develop application in C#, SQL Server 2008 for the robot’s testes on the assembly line.
● Explore and implement new hardware and software components for a future robot prototype.

2012 – 2015
SENIOR EMBEDDED FIRMWARE ENGINEER, MILTEL
● Development of several multi-disciplinary products that include RF communication from the
characterization stage to production. IOT devices.
● Develop a platform for voice sampling and recording using TI TMS320C5515 DSP processor and
transfer it OTA (Over The Air) with BlueGiga Bluetooth module.
● Develop firmware applications for EP (End Point) units that participated in a vast wireless network.
● Programming in C language for PHY, MAC, and APP layers on TI MSP430 MCU family and wireless
communication modules, like TI CC112X RF family.
● Programming low-level drivers on MSP430 TI microcontrollers family.
● Development of PC GUI applications in C# for unit tests, calibrations, and configurations.

2010 – 2012
EMBEDDED FIRMWARE ENGINEER, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
● Firmware developer in the RF System team. Programming firmware / real-time applications in
C language for the PHY, MAC layers on WiFi + Bluetooth communication chip.
● Development of PC GUI applications in C++ for unit tests, calibrations, and configurations.
Communicate with Cortex MCU via JTAG and RS-232.
● Development of automation tools in Python for short and accurate development procedures.

2007 – 2010
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, MEDICAL DEVICE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
● Defining the aims of the project. Selecting development tools and environments.
Characterization and application requirements.
● Programming algorithms in image processing and adapting them to the needs of the project.
● Programming algorithms in MATLAB and creating PC GUI application for user interface analysis.
● Using Nvidia CUDA libraries and tools for multi-Threading programming to reduce calculation time.
Using Visual C++ as IDE and CUDA environment.

2000 – 2005
SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER, INSURANCE COMPANY, ELIYAHU
Development of an automatic stock trading system.

EDUCATION

2009
B.Sc. In electrical and electronics engineering, AFEKA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

2017
● System Engineer course of Iltam organization.
● Project Management course.
2005
● Object-Oriented with C++ for C Programmers
● Advanced Transact SQL for SQL Server 2000

Online courses in Machine Learning:
● Fundamentals of TinyML. Harvard University
● Applications of TinyML. Harvard University
● Deploying TinyML. Harvard University
● Tensorflow 2.0: Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Udemy
● More …

Other online courses:
• Embedded System Design using UML State Machines. Udemy
• The C++20 Masterclass: From Fundamentals to Advanced. Udemy
• Object Oriented Analysis, Design & Programming with UML. Udemy
• Linux Device Driver Programming Using Beaglebone Black. Udemy
• Debugging Linux Kernel in Deep. Udemy
• More …
1998
Computer Practical engineer, WESTERN GALILEE COLLEGE
Completed with honors.