David De Grave
Senior Software Engineer at Thales
Tubize, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolDavid De Grave is a Senior Software Engineer with nearly a decade of focused experience in embedded Linux and low-level systems, currently working at Thales. He specializes in Buildroot, Yocto, FreeRTOS and cross-platform kernel and user-space development across ARM, PowerPC, Intel and Espressif chips, with hands-on expertise in device trees, toolchains and kernel configuration. His background includes long-term consulting roles where he designed development frameworks, automated Linux setups and delivered firmware and test suites for audio and IoT products. Prior roles at Google and long tenure in telecom systems give him strong operational troubleshooting skills and an appreciation for production reliability. David maintains a personal website and CV, reflecting a pragmatic, documentation-minded engineer who bridges hardware constraints and maintainable software. Colleagues would describe him as a versatile embedded developer who thrives on porting and stabilizing complex systems in constrained environments.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Graduat Informatique Industrielle, Graduat Informatique Industrielle at Enseignement Supérieur d'Informatique (ESI-HEB Bruxelles)
French, English, neerlandais
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Github Skills (45)
futex10
circular-buffer10
logger9
atomics9
ups9
thread9
pthreads9
logging8
usb8
linux8
live-preview8
icalendar8
sourceforge8
modbus7
snmp7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ledav-net/roundcube-plugin-identities-aliases
May 2020 - Aug 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 4 tags in 5 years 4 months
ledav-net/mp3-quick-search
Nov 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 5 years 3 months
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