Ruud Schellekens
Embedded Software Engineer at Capgemini Engineering
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRuud Schellekens is an embedded software engineer with about a decade of experience building high-performance C++ systems for automotive sensing, raytracing physics, and embedded platforms. He has led physics-based software efforts at IBEO Automotive and served as a senior C++ developer and now works at Capgemini Engineering, blending hands-on implementation with technical leadership. His background spans low-level firmware, image processing internships at Intel, and backend web work—reflecting a rare full-stack fluency across hardware-adjacent stacks. An active open-source contributor, he has improved LaTeX support for IntelliJ in the popular TeXiFy-IDEA project, demonstrating attention to tooling and developer experience. Outside engineering he teaches computer science and coaches competitive swimming, a combination that informs his mentoring and disciplined approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Embedded Systems, Master's Degree Embedded Systems at Eindhoven University of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Electrical Engineering at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (8)
javas10
autocomplete10
latex10
java10
plugin10
intellij-plugin10
debugging8
code-formatting8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Hannah-Sten/TeXiFy-IDEA
Feb 2017 - Apr 2021
LaTeX support for the IntelliJ platform by JetBrains.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 54 reviews, 920 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ruud contributed to the LaTeX support for the IntelliJ platform by adding functionality and fixing bugs. The commits focused on incorporating features such as null checks, improving the autocomplete functionality, and fixing issues related to bibliography styles. Additionally, the user made changes to improve the inspection and formatting of LaTeX code, including generating images for the document and working on the "Go to Declaration" feature for different commands and environments.
intellij-platformjetbrainslatexintellij-plugintexify
Hannah-Sten/Utensils
Dec 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 104 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 5 months
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