Luka Gacnik

Skills: C/C++ · Linux · Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering

• Set up and conducted tests on a multi-host PCIe environment using Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB) for domain isolation. • Leveraged Jetson Xavier devices as hosts in a PCIe network managed via a Switchtec PFX42000 switch. • Configured PCIe links and managed traffic using Linux drivers while gaining practical experience with Linux module management. • Progressing towards a high-speed, multi-gigabyte cabled solution tailored for automotive backbone use cases.

• Enhanced medical device control board software performance by 20% using C/C++, automated Python unit tests, and integrated HAL drivers, significantly improving system portability. • Created a magnetic signature scanner, cutting part ID verification time by 25% and increasing production efficiency.

• Streamlined feature development with a MATLAB/Simulink DSP test bench for Delta-Sigma ADC, leveraging optimized signal filtering. • Developed and rigorously verified Battery-Management System (BMS) integrated circuit (IC) concepts for TLE9015DQU, ensuring comprehensive documentation and adherence to system requirements through Jama Software.

• Enhanced test board durability by 23% and achieved cost savings by migrating test software from FLASH to RAM, reducing NAND FLASH wear and refining microcontroller start-up routines, linker scripts, and compiler optimizations. • Implemented a robust SPI driver for AURIX TriCore automotive microcontroller, improving product testing processes.

• Gained knowledge in semiconductor device fabrication processes, including thermistors, PTCs, capacitors, material preparation, polishing, metallization, soldering, electrical measurements, and packaging.