Andries Kruithof
SW HW Developer at Lilaas AS
Horten, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolAndries Kruithof is a seasoned SW/HW developer based in Horten, Norway, currently building embedded products at Lilaas AS with an MSc in Electronics from the University of Twente. He brings a pragmatic mix of firmware and hardware experience from roles including Senior Software Engineer at Nordic Semiconductor and head of R&D in smart-audio startups. Proficient in Embedded Linux, U-Boot, Yocto, AOSP, Docker and QEMU, he bridges silicon bring-up, test development and production firmware. An active contributor to the Zephyr RTOS, he has implemented BLE controller features, updated Bluetooth 5.4 versioning and fixed audio codec unit tests—demonstrating rare cross-domain expertise in low-level wireless and audio. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex hardware constraints into robust, ship-ready software.
6 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Electronics, MSc, Electronics at University of Twente
Dutch, English, Norwegian, German
Github Skills (15)
bluetoothle10
embedded10
rtos10
sys10
bluetooth10
zephyr10
bluetooth-le9
embedded-language9
testing8
microcontrollers8
microcontroller8
realtime8
c117
c177
iot6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1687 reviews, 71 commits, 176 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Andries primarily contributed to the Zephyr RTOS project by implementing and updating Bluetooth functionality, specifically focusing on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and its controller features. Their commits involved updating unit tests for audio codecs and fixing conditional compilation issues within the Bluetooth host and controller code. The user also made changes to the Bluetooth controller's event length update and implemented version string updates for Bluetooth 5.4, showcasing a strong understanding of Bluetooth specifications and embedded systems development.
bluetooth-lereal-timezephyrsecuregit-repository
rohankumar997/zephyr
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Contributions:29 commits in 10 months
architecturesscalablegit-repositorysecuresoftware-defined-radio
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