Stefan Dröge
Senior Software Engineer at Riscure
New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolStefan Dröge is a Senior Software Engineer based in New South Wales, Australia, with a decade of experience bridging electrical engineering and software development across embedded systems, test engineering, and security tooling. He has built bespoke analysis tools for evaluating side-channel vulnerabilities and contributed practical drivers and testing improvements to notable open-source projects like Microsoft's QCoDeS, demonstrating attention to instrumentation and best practices. His background spans semiconductor test platforms, quantum device testing, and industrial automation, giving him a rare mix of low-level hardware insight and application-level engineering. Currently advancing cloud skills toward an AWS Developer Associate certification, he is interested in roles that combine fintech or cloud platforms with security-conscious development. Collaborative and adaptable, Stefan thrives when working within clear, measurable goals and enjoys turning complex, instrument-driven problems into reliable software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1,2, Bachelor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1,2 at Fachhochschule LübeckMaster, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Master, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at RWTH Aachen UniversityBachelor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (9)
vi10
instr10
driver10
python10
visa10
testing9
back-end-development9
api8
apidoc8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/Qcodes
Oct 2018 - May 2019
Modular data acquisition framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:64 commits, 9 PRs, 33 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Stefan primarily contributed to the `qcodes` repository by modifying the instrument drivers. Their work involved updating imports of abstract base classes and modifying code to reflect best practices, specifically related to the deprecation of direct imports from the `collections` module. The user also added a new Keysight B2200A switch matrix driver, starting with basic driver functions, and integrated it into the testing framework. Furthermore, the user extended and improved this driver by adding more functions and testing with the real instrument, and incorporating changes to align with best practices.
data-acquisitiondata-aquisitionphysics
StefanD986/Masterthesis_Stefan_Droege
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:1 release, 208 commits, 118 pushes in 2 months
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