Pascal Bodin
Connected Devices Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
Grasse, France
Freelance
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Seasoned Embedded Software Engineer with 20+ years of expertise in IoT/M2M systems and connected devices. Designed and developed solutions for industries ranging from transportation to telecommunications, with specializations in EFR32, STM32, ESP32, LoRaWAN, and Bluetooth Low Energy. Delivering robust embedded architectures that combine hardware optimization with sophisticated wireless connectivity to create reliable and efficient connected systems.
Work experience
Founder
Systev
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 10 months
Grasse, France
Skills: Embedded Devices · Embedded Software · Project Management · Wireless
Embedded Software Engineer
Connected CycleFreelance
Jul 2019 - Present
7 years 4 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Embedded-software architecture and development for connected systems
Temporary Lecturer
IMT Atlantique
Feb 2015 - Present
11 years 9 months
Rennes, France
A 22-hour class about embedded systems - https://github.com/PascalBod/embedded-systems-for-ML
Embedded Software Engineer
BayLibreFreelance
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
2 years
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Embedded-software architecture and development for connected systems
Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
Feb 2014 - Dec 2023
9 years 11 months
Sophia-Antipolis
Temporary Lecturer
Feb 2014 - Dec 2023
9 years 11 months
Sophia-Antipolis
A one-day lecture on IoT, to master students.
Temporary Lecturer
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 1 month
Région de Nice, France
A five-hour lecture: IoT and connected devices - MSc Engineers for Smart Cities
R&D Engineer, embedded software development
AcklioFreelance
Jul 2017 - Mar 2023
5 years 9 months
Région de Rennes, France · Remote
Embedded-software architecture and development for connected systems
Orange
Oct 2004 - Aug 2022
17 years 11 months
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Senior Software Engineer
Jan 2015 - Aug 2022
7 years 8 months
Sophia-Antipolis, France
- software development for various projects (technical environments: embedded Linux, Vue.js, Angular, Bootstrap, Play framework, Scala, Virtuoso, Docker) - tutoring and mentoring colleagues going back to software development - various presentations at Orange internal events (agility, embedded software, etc.) Appointed Orange Expert in Jan 2014. Orange Expert Community is a selective group of highly skilled employees, established to help the company to face present and future technical challenges. Decided to leave the Community in 2016. Appointed Orange Expert again in Jan 2021. Started an independent consulting activity in the field of IoT, with Orange's agreement (see above)
IoT/M2M Project Leader and Software Engineer
Oct 2004 - Dec 2014
10 years 3 months
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Domain: IoT/M2M technologies, systems and services - development of proofs of concepts and prototypes under tight schedule - validation of various embedded equipments, software, systems and processes - technical support to Business Units, to R&D teams, to Orange's venture fund - technology and standardization monitoring - five patent applications - internal and external communication, training of pre-sales engineers, mentoring colleagues Appointed Orange Labs Products and Services Senior Software Engineer Side projects: - delivered three Android application, available from Google Play - delivered a proof of concept to a friend's company: Android application + Bluetooth device - developed a device using an ARM Cortex-M0 based MCU
External Consultant
ADEMEFreelance
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
1 month
Sophia-Antipolis
Project review.
Co-founder, Technical Manager
Systev
Jan 2007 - Jan 2012
5 years 1 month
Grasse, France
Co-founded Systev, a company in the field of home computing (always-on fanless computer, linux, full application stack, support). The solution we developed was a technical success. But the business model proved to be not adapted. We decided to shut down the company.
Co-founder, Technical Manager
ITEC
Feb 1993 - Oct 2004
11 years 9 months
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Domain: IoT/M2M - business real-time systems for connected vehicles (taxis, buses, waste collection trucks, ambulances...) - design, development, delivery and maintenance of bespoke systems, including embedded hardware/software, central application software, and various mobile radio networks - design of related embedded equipment: hardware, SDK, application software - software development for various microcontrollers and peripheral devices - Technical Expert in an ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute) Project Team We decided to shut down the company in 2004, having not found external funding required to develop our technical offer in the way we wanted to. The employees were hired by our distributor.
R&D Unit Manager
France Telecom R&D
Feb 1997 - Oct 2001
4 years 9 months
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Domain: methods and supporting tools for designing large corporate WANs (Wide-Area Networks) - management of a team of up to 10 R&D engineers - management of transversal projects, involving marketing units, product units, business units...
Project Leader
Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)
Jul 1987 - Jan 1993
5 years 7 months
Sophia-Antipolis, France
Domain: customer support application software - design, development, delivery and maintenance of several distributed client/server applications, deployed at European level - leading of a team of up to 7 software engineers Co-founded ITEC in 1990 (see above)
Software Engineer
McDonnell Douglas
Nov 1983 - Jul 1987
3 years 9 months
92210 Saint-Cloud, France
Domain: software development for financial and banking applications - various software developments (network protocols, terminal emulation, compilation, database...)
Reserve Officer
French Navy
Sep 1982 - Oct 1983
1 year 2 months
Oceanographic Ship "D'Entrecasteaux"
Military service: in charge of operational and corrective maintenance of electronic equipment (sonars, positioning beacons, etc.) used to make the new version of French Caribbean nautical charts
Education
CNED (French National Centre for Distance learning)
Chinese language
2009 - 2011
2 years 1 month
Université Côte d'Azur
First year of a three-year Chinese language degree
2008 - 2009
1 year 1 month
Télécom Paris
1981 - 1982
1 year 1 month
IMT Atlantique
Telecommunication Engineer (French "Grande Ecole" Master of Engineering)
1979 - 1982
3 years 1 month