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Surya T.

Electronics Product Dev | R&D | PCB | Firmware | IOT

I help startups and companies transform ideas into production-ready electronics products. With experience spanning 𝟰𝟬+ 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟱+ 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀, I specialize in 𝗲𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 — from architecture and prototyping to manufacturing handoff. I operate a 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗯 for rapid prototyping, bring-up, testing, debugging, and validation, enabling faster iterations and reduced development risk. Experience spans 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗼𝗧, 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, and 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 platforms. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 ✓ 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 • Product architecture and feasibility studies • End-to-end hardware development • Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Testing (DFT) • Prototype development and production handoff • Manufacturing documentation and vendor support ✓ 𝗣𝗖𝗕 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 & 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 • Compact, manufacturable PCB designs • High-speed, low-power, and battery-powered systems • 1–6 layer rigid and flex PCB designs • Component selection and BOM optimization • EMI-conscious and reliability-focused designs • 3D PCB integration and enclosure collaboration Experience with: • Sensor interfaces • Display systems • Power electronics and battery-powered products • USB, CAN, RS-485, Modbus, UART, SPI, I²C, BLE, Wi-Fi, LTE, GPS, and custom protocols ✓ 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Development experience on: • STM32 • ESP32 • AVR • PIC • ARM Cortex-M platforms • Raspberry Pi • NVIDIA Jetson platforms Software expertise: • Embedded C/C++ • Python • MicroPython • FreeRTOS • Bare-metal development • PlatformIO • Keil • Linux application development Experience includes: • Device drivers • Real-time systems • Sensor fusion • Control algorithms • Data acquisition and processing • Wireless communication stacks ✓ 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 & 𝗦𝗕𝗖 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 • Custom carrier board development • Embedded Linux platform bring-up • BSP customization • Driver development • Linux application development • Raspberry Pi Compute Modules • NVIDIA Jetson platforms • Rockchip SoMs Recent projects include custom Linux-based multimedia systems, industrial automation platforms, and AI-enabled edge devices. ✓ 𝗜𝗼𝗧 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 • Industrial IoT systems • Edge-to-cloud architectures • BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa, LTE, Zigbee, and GPS-enabled products • Secure device communication • Data collection and remote monitoring systems ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲 ✓ 𝟰𝟬+ 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✓ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ✓ 𝗗𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗯 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ✓ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 + 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 + 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 ✓ 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 If you're building a new product, optimizing an existing design, or preparing for manufacturing, I'd be happy to discuss how I can help bring your product to market.

🇮🇳Pune, India$49/hr100% JSS4.78 (16)Since Aug 2021

Earnings and projects

MRR
$491

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#78,830 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#8,356 / 45.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.4k

Last 6 months: $2.9k

World#31,081 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#3,596 / 45.9k
Total earnings
$24k

Billed in all: $25k

World#127,748 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#17,592 / 45.9k
Per project
$697

$737 in the last 6 months

World#153,152 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#19,186 / 45.9k
Projects, last 6 months
4

Across 5 contracts

0% fixed100% hourly
World#51,813 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#6,157 / 45.9k
Projects in all
34

Across 41 contracts

54% fixed46% hourly
World#87,477 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#13,544 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$25.2k+$1.4k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$23k$24k$25k$26kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 9% in Home Automation

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