Mart´ın Ribelotta
Embedded Systems Engineer – Aerospace &
Critical Systems
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Professional Summary
Embedded Systems Engineer with 15+ years of experience in aerospace, IoT, and industrial
systems. Expertise in flight software, secure update systems, FPGA-based flight computers,
and mission-critical communication protocols. Experience in delivering robust end-to-end
embedded platforms under strict reliability and lifecycle requirements.
Professional Experience
2022–Present Freelance Embedded Developer / Contractor, Remote
○ Reduced update time by 80% using Ethernet bootloader on STM32H7.
○ Designed multi-port Ethernet hubs and data acquisition boards (KiCad).
○ BLE indoor positioning using ZephyrOS in nRF series.
○ Secure UEFI firmware development for Intel/Qualcomm platforms.
○ AWS Lambda + RDS back-end integration for smart farming.
○ MicroPython was ported to the legacy Zephyr RTOS for remote control.
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Aerospace/IoT projects: f-prime port to Zephyr, debug bridge for MSP430, in-flight update
systems, HAL packages for SAMV71 and MSP430-FRAM.
2011–2022
Embedded Systems Engineer / Contractor, Emtech S.A., Bah´ıa Blanca / Bariloche /
Remote
○ LEON3 flight CPU in ProASIC3 FPGA; FreeRTOS/SafeRTOS/RTEMS ports.
○ DSP radar simulation in VHDL (ModelSim/Questa).
○ PCIe-based acquisition systems on Virtex6; Zynq7000 SoC instrumentation subsystems.
○ LoRa IoT gateway design and Cortex-M4 RTOS stack with aerospace reuse.
○ Qt+QML Wayland Compositor for Industrial HMIs.
○ HTTPS stack for ZephyrOS devices; firmware for laser communication payload.
○ HW-in-the-loop CI for firmware validation; remote FPGA programming tool.
2009–2011 Embedded HW/SW Developer, EyCON S.A., Bah´ıa Blanca
○ Redesigned GPS tracker hardware and firmware.
○ Developed RFID ticketing terminals and QtWidgets kiosks for public transport.
Technical Skills
Programming C/C++, Python, Rust (intermediate), VHDL/Verilog, ASM (x86/ARM/RISC-V)
RTOS RTEMS, FreeRTOS, SafeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks, RT-Thread, eCos, OSEK
FPGA / HDL ProASIC3, Spartan6, Virtex6, Zynq7000; ModelSim/Questa simulation
Comms LoRa, BLE, MQTT, custom protocols adapted for aerospace telemetry
Linux Embedded Linux (Buildroot, Yocto, OpenWRT), driver dev, secure boot
EDA KiCad, Altium, OrCAD, Eagle
Tools CMake, Make, CI/CD, GDB, JTAG/SWD, Git
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Talks & Courses
○ RISC-V on Microcontrollers — SASE 2022 slides
○ MicroPython on EDU-CIAA — PyCON-AR 2016 YouTube
○ Software Licensing in Embedded Systems — UTN 2015
○ Embedded Linux Driver Development — SASE 2011
○ Cortex-M3 Introduction — UTN FRBB 2011
Education
2004–2011 Bachelor’s in Electronic Engineering (incomplete), UTN FRBB, Bah´ıa Blanca
Completed 4 of 5 years
Personal Projects
○ Personal Consulting / Design Services
○ Technical Blog
○ Cortex-M Standalone Monitor
○ Embedded Logging System
○ Executable Loader for Embedded Devices
○ Cortex-M7 Arduino-Compatible Board
○ Cortex-M7 Industrial CPU System
○ iMX-RT Low-Cost Board (WIP)
○ Embedded IDE
○ Cortex-A9 Developer Board
Languages
Spanish Native
English Fluent reading/writing, conversational speaking
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