John Reed

John Reed is a highly experienced Principal Firmware Engineer currently employed at Nikola Motor Company since June 2022, where significant contributions have been made in developing code for the CPU co-processor's Hardware Security Module. Previous roles include positions as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Cobham Aerospace, Senior Software Development Engineer at Ice Energy, and Principal Firmware Engineer at Black Diamond Advanced Technology. John Reed has also held various engineering roles at Intel, Ice Energy, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, and Pacific Data Products. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Valparaiso University, earned between 1978 and 1984.