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I am an Electronic Engineer specialized in Embedded Systems, with broad cross-disciplinary skills across electronics. I started as a hardware designer, but I found my stride in software development. Curiosity and a constant drive to learn have taken me through many different sectors. I enjoy working at the intersection of hardware and software, tackling challenges from motor control to user interfaces. I thrive in diverse teams and am always ready to pick up new tools and languages to deliver robust, maintainable solutions.…I am an Electronic Engineer specialized in Embedded Systems, with broad cross-disciplinary skills across electronics. I started as a hardware designer, but I found my stride in software development. Curiosity and a constant drive to learn have taken me through many different sectors. I enjoy working at the intersection of hardware and software, tackling challenges from motor control to user interfaces. I thrive in diverse teams and am always ready to pick up new tools and languages to deliver robust, maintainable solutions.

Francesco Zippo

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I am an Electronic Engineer specialized in Embedded Systems, with broad cross-disciplinary skills across electronics. I started as a hardware designer, but I found my stride in software development. Curiosity and a constant drive to learn have taken me through many different sectors. I enjoy working at the intersection of hardware and software, tackling challenges from motor control to user interfaces. I thrive in diverse teams and am always ready to pick up new tools and languages to deliver robust, maintainable solutions.…I am an Electronic Engineer specialized in Embedded Systems, with broad cross-disciplinary skills across electronics. I started as a hardware designer, but I found my stride in software development. Curiosity and a constant drive to learn have taken me through many different sectors. I enjoy working at the intersection of hardware and software, tackling challenges from motor control to user interfaces. I thrive in diverse teams and am always ready to pick up new tools and languages to deliver robust, maintainable solutions.

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I am an Electronic Engineer specialized in Embedded Systems, with broad cross-disciplinary skills across electronics. I started as a hardware designer, but I found my stride in software development. Curiosity and a constant drive to learn have taken me through many different sectors.

I enjoy working at the intersection of hardware and software, tackling challenges from motor control to user interfaces. I thrive in diverse teams and am always ready to pick up new tools and languages to deliver robust, maintainable solutions.

Skills

C++

Github

bash

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Advanced

French

Beginner

German

Beginner

Work Experience

Software Developer at Danieli Automation

October 1, 2025 - October 23, 2025

Industrial PLC programming and EtherCAT fieldbus integration; probation period not concluded with positive outcome due to lack of mutual interest.

Technical Software Engineer at Rehab Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

July 1, 2025 - October 23, 2025

Firmware and software development for a robotic rehabilitation team operating two exoskeletons (Float for upper limbs, Twin for lower limbs). Responsibilities include motor control, GUI interfaces, integration into the software architecture, installation and maintenance of multi-computer systems, and mentorship of new software engineers.

Software Developer for Ultrasound at Esaote

January 31, 2022 - October 23, 2025

Software development for ultrasound equipment (C/C++/C#). Analyzed presets, data structures, file handling, versioning, and modification of code segments within the monolithic architecture and XML (XSD) schemas.

Software Engineer – Linux port to ARM at Hitachi Rail STS

July 1, 2020 - October 23, 2025

Studied porting of a custom Linux OS onto an ARM processor under an hypervisor (XtratuM) with the goal of running multiple isolated OS instances on a single processor.

Junior Firmware Developer – DSP Core at Leonardo Spa

February 28, 2020 - October 23, 2025

Firmware development for TI C6713 DSP cores. Tasks included C/C++ foundations, understanding the board, memory interface (EMIF), implementing a Read/Write/Erase library for external Flash, adapting an Ethernet Altera/Intel driver, and integrating with Avalon/FPGA MAX10 bridges; versioned with Git.