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I am Tyler Prince, a firmware engineer with 9 years of experience designing embedded software for consumer electronics and IoT devices using C and C++ across ESP32 and ARM Cortex MCUs. I have delivered reliable device control, connectivity, and OTA infrastructure for production hardware, leading firmware architecture for connected audio and home-safety devices that support BLE and Wi-Fi, and building more than 120 device endpoints and secure OTA pipelines used across multiple prototypes. I collaborate closely with hardware engineers and product designers to take early prototypes to production, building internal test harnesses and debugging tools, and defining coding standards and maintainable firmware architecture. I have mentored 3 engineers on embedded communication patterns and firmware reliability practices while owning device connectivity, remote provisioning, and system-level integration between hardware modules and cloud services.…I am Tyler Prince, a firmware engineer with 9 years of experience designing embedded software for consumer electronics and IoT devices using C and C++ across ESP32 and ARM Cortex MCUs. I have delivered reliable device control, connectivity, and OTA infrastructure for production hardware, leading firmware architecture for connected audio and home-safety devices that support BLE and Wi-Fi, and building more than 120 device endpoints and secure OTA pipelines used across multiple prototypes. I collaborate closely with hardware engineers and product designers to take early prototypes to production, building internal test harnesses and debugging tools, and defining coding standards and maintainable firmware architecture. I have mentored 3 engineers on embedded communication patterns and firmware reliability practices while owning device connectivity, remote provisioning, and system-level integration between hardware modules and cloud services.

Tyler Prince

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I am Tyler Prince, a firmware engineer with 9 years of experience designing embedded software for consumer electronics and IoT devices using C and C++ across ESP32 and ARM Cortex MCUs. I have delivered reliable device control, connectivity, and OTA infrastructure for production hardware, leading firmware architecture for connected audio and home-safety devices that support BLE and Wi-Fi, and building more than 120 device endpoints and secure OTA pipelines used across multiple prototypes. I collaborate closely with hardware engineers and product designers to take early prototypes to production, building internal test harnesses and debugging tools, and defining coding standards and maintainable firmware architecture. I have mentored 3 engineers on embedded communication patterns and firmware reliability practices while owning device connectivity, remote provisioning, and system-level integration between hardware modules and cloud services.…I am Tyler Prince, a firmware engineer with 9 years of experience designing embedded software for consumer electronics and IoT devices using C and C++ across ESP32 and ARM Cortex MCUs. I have delivered reliable device control, connectivity, and OTA infrastructure for production hardware, leading firmware architecture for connected audio and home-safety devices that support BLE and Wi-Fi, and building more than 120 device endpoints and secure OTA pipelines used across multiple prototypes. I collaborate closely with hardware engineers and product designers to take early prototypes to production, building internal test harnesses and debugging tools, and defining coding standards and maintainable firmware architecture. I have mentored 3 engineers on embedded communication patterns and firmware reliability practices while owning device connectivity, remote provisioning, and system-level integration between hardware modules and cloud services.

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I am Tyler Prince, a firmware engineer with 9 years of experience designing embedded software for consumer electronics and IoT devices using C and C++ across ESP32 and ARM Cortex MCUs. I have delivered reliable device control, connectivity, and OTA infrastructure for production hardware, leading firmware architecture for connected audio and home-safety devices that support BLE and Wi-Fi, and building more than 120 device endpoints and secure OTA pipelines used across multiple prototypes.

I collaborate closely with hardware engineers and product designers to take early prototypes to production, building internal test harnesses and debugging tools, and defining coding standards and maintainable firmware architecture. I have mentored 3 engineers on embedded communication patterns and firmware reliability practices while owning device connectivity, remote provisioning, and system-level integration between hardware modules and cloud services.

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Remote Senior Embedded Software Engineer at KOURAI

January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026

Designed firmware for ESP32-based home safety audio devices in C and FreeRTOS supporting 4 hardware communication interfaces including I2C and I2S for ES8388 audio codec integration. Developed 6 embedded drivers using Zephyr RTOS device-tree and Kconfig configuration, reducing firmware integration time by 3 weeks across 2 hardware prototype cycles. Implemented 120 MQTT communication endpoints and 8 secure HTTP firmware update routines enabling encrypted OTA deployment across more than 40 prototype devices. Built BLE provisioning firmware with 5 custom GATT services and MTU tuning, cutting onboarding time from 5 minutes to under 90 seconds. Added Wi-Fi fallback recovery, watchdog monitoring, and health diagnostics that prevented system lockups during 300+ continuous playback test cycles. Collaborated with 4 hardware engineers and 2 product designers to debug timing issues and stabilize audio pipelines across 3 prototype revisions.

Remote Senior Embedded Software Engineer at TRIPLE TALON

November 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Resolved 6 critical ESP32 communication failures between firmware and AWS backend services using C++ Socket.io networking and MongoDB device messaging. Developed device communication modules handling over 20 firmware events per session across prototype devices used in internal testing. Implemented deep sleep and light sleep firmware scheduling across 4 sensor modules, extending device battery runtime from 18 hours to over 36 hours. Configured 5 wake sources including GPIO interrupts and timer triggers enabling reliable low-power device activation across 100 test cycles.

Remote Embedded Software Engineer at UPWORK

January 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024

Developed firmware modules in C for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers used in connected healthcare devices supporting 3 communication protocols including BLE and UART. Implemented 12 device drivers for sensors and peripherals enabling real-time monitoring across 8 internal testing devices. Built firmware diagnostics and logging systems capturing 50+ runtime parameters used by QA teams during 200 validation test sessions. Collaborated with 5 cloud engineers to integrate device telemetry APIs for remote monitoring and OTA firmware distribution. Reduced firmware memory usage by 28 KB through optimization of interrupt routines and task scheduling across 4 device services.

On-Site Embedded Software Engineer at ACADEMICA

February 1, 2020 - December 1, 2022

Developed embedded firmware in C for STM32 microcontrollers used in clinical analytics systems deployed across 15 healthcare facilities. Implemented 10 hardware communication modules using SPI, I2C, and UART enabling integration with 6 diagnostic sensors. Built automated device test harnesses that executed 120 firmware validation scenarios during hardware qualification cycles. Worked with 3 hardware engineers to debug timing and signal integrity issues across 2 PCB revisions.

Hybrid Junior Embedded Software Engineer at UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA

January 1, 2019 - December 1, 2020

Developed firmware features in C for ARM Cortex-M devices supporting 4 medical data collection modules. Implemented 8 peripheral drivers for sensors and communication interfaces including UART and SPI. Resolved more than 60 firmware defects during device validation cycles across 3 product releases. Assisted senior engineers in debugging firmware timing issues during over 100 lab testing sessions.