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Vitalii K.

Vitalii K.

Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

I am a hardware engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and bringing up complex embedded systems from technical specification and architecture to PCB design, validation, and production support. What I do: Design microcontroller- and microprocessor-based hardware for industrial, IoT, automotive-adjacent, and communication devices Own the full hardware cycle: component selection, schematics, PCB, bring-up, validation Work closely with embedded software teams on hardware–software integration Hardware & PCB Multilayer PCB design (up to 12 layers, controlled impedance, mixed-signal up to ~1 GHz) High-speed interfaces: USB 2.0 / 3.2, PCIe, Ethernet, SATA, HDMI, LPDDR4 DDR4 signal integrity modeling and timing analysis using Cadence Sigrity Power electronics: DC/DC, LDOs, power sequencing, thermal considerations EMC pre-compliance and debugging (including BCI testing) Embedded & Systems Platforms: STM32, ESP32, AVR, i.MX6, Raspberry Pi Firmware support: C, HAL, FreeRTOS, board bring-up, low-level debugging Embedded Linux systems and gateway-class devices Interfaces: SPI, I2C, UART, USB, SDIO, RS-232/485, Ethernet, PCIe Advanced & Domain Experience FPGA-assisted systems and hardware accelerator applications Automotive-grade hardware validation, DFMEA / FTA / FMEDA (Medini) Medical-related electronics (PPG, ECG, EMG) Industrial automation, IoT, telecom-related projects Tools & Bring-up Altium Designer, OrCAD / Allegro, SolidWorks, Git Professional lab equipment: oscilloscope, logic analyzer, signal generator Prototype assembly, rework, and debugging If you need an engineer who can design hardware, bring it up, debug real problems, and deliver a working prototype - I can help.

🇬🇪Tbilisi, Georgia$45/hr100% JSS2.64 (7)Since Jan 2020

Earnings and projects

MRR
$356

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#91,474 / 412k
🇬🇪Country#334 / 1,627
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $2.1k

Total earnings
$29k

Billed in all: $30k

World#113,839 / 412k
🇬🇪Country#531 / 1,627
Per project
$2k

$356 in the last 6 months

World#75,730 / 412k
🇬🇪Country#367 / 1,627
Projects, last 6 months
6
83% fixed17% hourly
World#34,407 / 412k
🇬🇪Country#117 / 1,627
Projects in all
14

Across 16 contracts

75% fixed25% hourly
World#168,285 / 412k
🇬🇪Country#744 / 1,627

Earnings, last 30 days

$29.8kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$29.0k$29.5k$30.0k$30.5kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Dotted: longer than usual between two readings. Hatched: over two weeks without one.

Skill rankings: Top 22% in Python

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