Alexander Nikolashkin
Senior Hardware Engineer | IoT
Salary / Daily rate
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Languages
About me
Intro
Hardware Engineer with 20+ years expertise in IoT/IIoT solutions and embedded systems. Successfully delivered 100+ projects including BLE, GPS, GSM, ZigBee, and LoRa implementations with complete PCB design and firmware development. Ready to transform your hardware concepts into market-ready products with proven track record.
Work experience
Hardware Engineer
Dec 2013 - Present
12 years 11 months
Worked with many different technologies (such as BLE, GPS, GSM, LTE, GNSS, ZigBee, Lora and more) and successfully delivered a large number of projects, including: - UART over radio at 868MHz using CC1310 - Single board computer module (NXP i.MX6ULL) - Various types of modules for IoT and industrial IoT (IIoT) - USB load cell interface - Touchpad (USB-HID, Bluetooth-HID) - Prototype of Graphic Tablet with multi-touch (USB-HID, Bluetooth-HID) - Smart home module (based on CC3200, TLV320AIC3254)
Hardware Engineer
Etna
Jan 2009 - Dec 2013
5 years
Moscow, Russia
Redesign of Schematic and PCB layouts (P-CAD, Altium Designer). Firmware development for 8-bit (PIC, AVR) and 32-bit STM32 microcontrollers. Maintenance of library electronic components (P-CAD, Altium Designer). Support of legacy systems. Soldering and assembling PCBs.
Company Owner
GefestFreelance
Nov 2008 - Oct 2010
2 years
Moscow, Russia
Founded this company to develop and bring to market several devices for industrial applications. - RS232 isolated repeater - Converters: RS232-CAN; RS232-RS485; RS232-UART (TTL) - Data acquisition module (RS232) with single channel analog input - Data acquisition module (RS485) with single channel analog input - iButton reader module with RS232 interface - Single channel load cell module with RS232 interface
PCB Designer
A-Echo
Oct 2007 - Dec 2008
1 year 3 months
Moscow, Russia
Helped build the startup's main product - an active noise cancellation system. Designed several versions of a multilayer PCB design (Altium Designer) and collaborated with the team. Also helped with debugging and testing prototypes.
Lead Software Engineer
Etna
Feb 2006 - Oct 2007
1 year 9 months
Moscow, Russia
Developed auxiliary software (C#) and custom drivers (C++) for various retail technical equipment, such as thermal label printers, POS and barcode scanners, etc.
Embedded Systems Engineer
IT-Management
Sep 2004 - Mar 2006
1 year 7 months
Moscow, Russia
Firmware development for 8-bit AVR and PIC microcontrollers (Assembler). Experience with a range of communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, 1-Wire, Modbus.
Junior Firmware Engineer
Dominel
Sep 2003 - Oct 2004
1 year 2 months
Moscow, Russia
Developed firmware for 8-bit PIC microcontrollers (Assembler) under the supervision of a lead engineer. Collaborated with the project team. Prepared and supported work documentation.
Software Engineer
IT-Management
Feb 2003 - Oct 2003
9 months
Moscow, Russia
Developed code for database applications. Migrated data from DBF to SQL. Maintained and supported legacy systems.
Technician
AstorConsult
Sep 2002 - Mar 2003
7 months
Moscow, Russia
Maintained and repaired retail technical equipment. Troubleshot and repaired POS Systems.
Education
Russian University of Cooperation (rus.: МУПК)
2004 - 2007
2 years 9 months