Austen Bartels

Austen Bartels has extensive work experience in the technology field. They started their career as a QA Intern at Pyxis Mobile in 2011. They then worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Qualcomm in 2012, where they developed OpenGL ES Drivers and debugging tools. In 2013, they joined Qualcomm again as a Hardware Engineering Intern, where they implemented texture pipeline optimizations and maintained Perl scripts for hardware analysis. Austen then worked as a Software Engineer (Contractor) at SlideIn in 2013, focusing on Java Server Technologies and Windows Driver hooks.

In 2014, Austen founded WiMap and served as the Head of Technology. They developed an android application for WiFi mapping and implemented a clustered signal strength algorithm for accurate location generation. Austen also worked as a Software Engineer at Qualcomm during the same year, where they implemented OpenGL ES API and worked on testing frameworks.

From 2015 to 2018, Austen worked at LevelUp as an Embedded Linux Engineer. They built firmware for an embedded Linux platform, designed next-generation hardware, and supported various development teams. They then joined OptiRTC, Inc. in 2018 as an IoT Engineer, working with C/C++ embedded systems and microcontroller platforms. Austen also prototyped and built test frameworks and load balancing software in Javascript and Python.

In 2021, Austen joined Superpedestrian as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer. They collaborated with Electrical and Firmware Engineers to develop drivers, state machines, scheduling systems, and applications in baremetal C. They also implemented high-level models in C and ZMQ, abstracted Linker level constructs into hardware abstraction layers.

Most recently, Austen is set to start a role as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Shift5 in 2023.

Austen Bartels attended Northeastern University from 2009 to 2014, pursuing a degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering. Austen focused on the field of study in Computer and Electrical Engineering throughout their educational tenure at the university.