Mart´ın Ribelotta
Embedded Systems Engineer
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Professional Summary
Experienced Embedded Systems Engineer with 15+ years developing
robust, efficient solutions for aerospace, industrial, and IoT markets.
Blending deep firmware, hardware, and Linux experience, I deliver full-
stack embedded solutions from schematics to cloud. Known for autonomy,
fast prototyping, and solving complex hardware-software interactions.
Passionate about quality, performance, and lifelong learning.
Key Domains
Aerospace
Firmware updaters, secure bootloaders, ProASIC3 and SAMV71 systems
Industrial IoT LoRa gateways, smart farming, BLE positioning
Embedded
Linux
Buildroot/Yocto systems, custom drivers, panel PCs
FPGA/HDL Radar simulators, PCIe acquisition, FPGA-SoC designs
Selected Projects
2022–Present Freelance Embedded Developer, Remote
Highlights:
○ Reduced update time by 80% with Ethernet bootloader on STM32H7
○ Designed 16-port Ethernet hub and data acquisition boards (KiCad)
○ Enabled BLE indoor positioning using ZephyrOS on nRF series
○ Built secure UEFI firmware for Intel/Qualcomm platforms
○ Integrated AWS Lambda + RDS backend for smart farming system
○ Ported MicroPython to legacy Zephyr RTOS for remote control
2020–2022 Embedded Systems Contractor, Emtech
Highlights:
○ Built Qt+QML Wayland compositor for industrial HMIs
○ Implemented HTTPS stack for ZephyrOS-based devices
○ Developed aerospace-grade bootloader (SAMV71)
○ Designed laser comm firmware (CMake-based, FreeRTOS)
○ Created HW-in-the-loop CI environment for firmware
○ Developed remote FPGA programming tool for ProASIC3
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2011–2019 Embedded Systems Engineer, Emtech S.A., Bah´ıa Blanca/Bariloche
Highlights:
○ Developed LoRa gateway (Allwinner MPU + SX127x)
○ Created IoT RTOS stack (Cortex-M4) with custom protocol
○ Built PCIe acquisition interface using Virtex6
○ Deployed remote subsystem on Zynq7000 SoC (FPGA + Linux)
○ Ported LEON3 softcore (Spartan6), supporting RTEMS/Linux
2009–2011 Embedded HW/SW Developer, EyCON S.A., Bah´ıa Blanca
Highlights:
○ Redesigned GPS tracker hardware and firmware
○ Delivered RFID ticketing terminals for city buses
○ Built QtWidgets kiosk app for transport terminals
Technical Skills
Programming
Expert C/C++, Python, Java, VHDL, ASM (x86/ARM/RISC-V)
Advanced JavaScript, Tcl, Bash, Awk, R, SPARC ASM
Intermediate Rust, Verilog, C#, PHP, LaTeX
Frameworks & Tools
Expert Qt (Widgets/QML), GTK+, Boost, STL, Linux kernel API
Advanced Wayland, X11, GStreamer, V4L2, CMake, Make
EDA Tools
PCB KiCad, Altium, OrCAD, Eagle
IDEs QtCreator, Eclipse, Vim, VSCode, MATLAB, SciLab
Operating Systems
Linux Distros Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, SuSE, Slackware
Embedded Buildroot, Yocto, OpenWRT, QNX, LFS
RTOS
FreeRTOS, RTEMS, Zephyr, VxWorks, eCos, ChibiOS, iTron, OSEK,
RT-Thread
Soft Skills
Communication
Can explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Collaboration Works closely with multidisciplinary teams: HW, SW, cloud
Autonomy Self-managed freelance engineer for over 10 years
Problem
Solving
Specialized in hardware-software interaction debugging
Languages
2/3
Spanish Native Mother tongue
English Fluent (reading/writing), conversational speaking Self-taught
Certifications (Selected)
2023 Embedded Linux using Yocto Project (Coursera)
2022 STM32CubeIDE and HAL Drivers (ST Academy)
2021 AWS IoT Core Essentials (AWS Training)
Talks and Courses
○ RT-Thread for IoT: technical workshop (Spanish)
○ RISC-V on Microcontrollers — SASE 2022 (link)
○ MicroPython on EDU-CIAA — PyCON-AR 2016 (YouTube)
○ Software Licensing in Embedded Systems — UTN 2015 (GitHub)
○ Linux Driver Development for Emb edded — SASE 2011 (link)
Personal Projects
○ Consulting and design services portfolio
○ Technical blog on embedded topics
○ Remote SCADA GUI (QML)
○ Raw TCP to MQTT bridge
○ Embedded log system for minimal targets
○ Bare-metal ELF loader
○ Arduino-compatible Cortex-M7 board
○ Industrial Cortex-M7 system design
○ IDE for embedded development
Education
2004–2011
Bachelor’s in Electronic Engineering (incomplete), UTN FRBB, Bah´ıa
Blanca, Completed 4 out of 5 years
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