Cameron Sharp
Senior Firmware Engineer at Olarm
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolCameron Sharp is a Senior Firmware Engineer with nine years of embedded systems and firmware experience, currently building connected device firmware at Olarm. He has deep expertise in optical sensor firmware, build automation, and low-level porting from his roles at LifeQ and ZAZOO where he worked across ARM and niche chipsets for secure applications. Cameron pairs a Mechatronics MEng from the University of Cape Town with hands-on hardware integration, client-facing technical communication, and tooling to accelerate development. He co-founded a physical-technology escape room, reflecting a practical, inventive approach to mechanics and electronics beyond typical product work. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he repeatedly bridges hardware and software boundaries to ship reliable, test-driven embedded systems. Based in the Western Cape, South Africa, he brings a blend of academic robotics rigor and production-grade firmware craftsmanship.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Masters, Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Masters at University of Cape Town
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (45)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cazagen/botbot
Oct 2017 - Apr 2022
IRC Bot
Contributions:60 commits, 4 PRs, 56 pushes in 4 years 6 months
irc-botsaslbotirc
SensationalSystems/tektelic-kona-decoder
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
The Things Network compatible payload decoder functions for TEKTELIC's KONA LoRaWAN sensors
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 months
lorawan
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