Bas Kapteijn – Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Senior Embedded Software Engineer — Nijkerk, Netherlands — Age: 40
Programming language agnostic, team player, problem solver, "less is more"
Email: opportunity@bkapteijn.nl
Top Skills
Languages: C, Python, Bash, Golang, etc
Embedded software: platform development (INTEGRITY, Linux, FreeRTOS, etc)
Team collaboration & DevOps experience
Languages: English, Dutch
Experience
Thales — Software Engineer
Sep 2024 - Present — Huizen
Platform software developer for upcoming units
Platform test and validation software developer for production environments
Mentoring team members across multiple teams to enhance technical skills and foster collaboration
Keywords: Golang, Python, Bash, Linux, Platform Development
Green Hills Software — Embedded Software Engineer
Dec 2015 - Aug 2024 — Leusden
Developer and team lead for automotive and railway Safety BSPs
DevOps maintainer of scripting and tooling repositories
Developer and partial team lead for Safety Case tooling
Keywords: C, Python, Bash, INTEGRITY, DevOps
Fusion Electronics B.V. — Embedded Software Engineer
Dec 2009 - Nov 2015 — Houten
Project lead and developer for the FarmCAN™ automated milking ecosystem
Developer for a laser-guided robotic milking arm and CAN integration for Nedap Velos ISO tag readers
Conducted R&D with an international developer team
Keywords: C, CAN, FreeRTOS, Robotics, R&D
Earlier Roles
Confed Systems — Production Engineer
Dewit Industrial Sensors — Intern
Dixons Stores Group — Retail Sales Associate
Education & Certifications
Bachelor’s, Electronic Engineering — Hogeschool Utrecht
Havo N&T — Corderius College
Emergency Response Officer — BHVNederland, 2022
Open Source Development
Ubuntu Touch Port — Nothing Phone (1)
Active contributor to the Ubuntu Touch community, working on bringing and improving Linux support for modern
smartphone hardware. Activities include hardware validation, kernel and system integration, USB functionality,
mobile networking, and system/application integration across the Android/Linux compatibility layers.
Technologies:
Linux · Ubuntu Touch · Halium · Android/Linux integration · Git · Python
Project:
Ubuntu Touch port for Nothing Phone (1) — UBports GitLab repository
Community support
I support a small number of organizations whose work aligns with my values.
Bits of Freedom — Bits of Freedom fights for your freedom and privacy on the internet Urgenda — Together, faster sustainable Justdiggit — Cooling down the planet together Trees For All — Planting trees together for a green and healthy world Signal — Privacy and security in communication
Minimal, Performance-Focused Web Directories
Curated directories that list my site alongside other small, focused, high-performance websites.
1MB Club — Collection of performance-focused web pagesXHTML Club — Collection of pure HTML web pages250KB Club — Collection of even smaller performance-focused web pages
