About

Mauricio Mendes — Senior Embedded Software Engineer with 17+ years of experience across automotive, marine, industrial, and agricultural sectors. I design and build firmware from bare-metal microcontrollers to embedded Linux systems.

Originally from Brazil, I’ve worked across four countries (Brazil → New Zealand → Czech Republic → Germany), bringing cross-cultural collaboration and a broad technical foundation to every team I join.

Experience

AGCO / FENDT · Marktoberdorf, Germany

Development Engineer — Embedded Software · Apr 2024 – Present

Firmware development in C/C++ using DDS (Data Distribution Service) and AUTOSAR
Agility Leader / Scrum Master for the embedded software team

Siemens · Prague, Czech Republic

Engineer Development · Aug 2022 – Mar 2024

PROFINET and Ethernet/IP firmware development in C/C++
Code Testing Group Leader — established and led automated testing practices
Profinet Device Linux Group Leader

HamiltonJet · Christchurch, New Zealand

Software Engineer · Jul 2019 – Oct 2021

Marine propulsion control systems firmware (STM32, C/C++)
Control systems design and test
Test automation tooling in Python and C#

Link ECU · Canterbury, New Zealand

Software Engineer · Aug 2017 – May 2019

Automotive ECU development: fuel, ignition, idle speed, VVT, electronic throttle control
MISRA C · AUTOSAR · ISO 26262 · PowerPC architecture

Hardcode · Porto Alegre, Brazil

Design Engineer Consultant · Feb 2012 – Aug 2017

Embedded consulting across diverse projects: GPS/GSM tracker, WiFi module, RFID reader, DSP audio processor
Full-cycle hardware and firmware design (Altium, FreeRTOS)

FuelTech · Porto Alegre, Brazil

Embedded Software Developer · Jul 2008 – Jul 2012

Automotive ECU firmware for FT200–FT400 product line (HC08, PIC18, PIC32, ARM)
Developed USB2CAN converter with certified Windows driver (unique in market at the time)
CAN protocol, electronic throttle control, PID implementation

Skills

Languages

C · C++ · C# · Python · Assembly

Embedded Platforms & RTOS

STM32 · ARM Cortex-M · PowerPC · NXP · Infineon · Renesas · ESP32 · PIC18/32 FreeRTOS · Bare-metal · RTOS

Embedded Linux

Yocto · OpenEmbedded · OpenWRT · Linux

Protocols & Standards

CAN bus · PROFINET · AUTOSAR · DDS · LoRa/LoRaWAN · Ethernet/IP · UART · SPI · I2C · RS-485

Hardware Design

Altium Designer · KiCad · OrCAD · Schematic capture · PCB layout · Prototype validation

Tools & Process

Git · GitLab · CI/CD · Scrum / Agile · MISRA C · ISO 26262 · ISO/TS 16949 · DO-178 (awareness)