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Nathan Trudeau

Firmware Systems & Validation Engineer with a habit of building things that shouldn't exist yet.

"There is no secret ingredient." — Mr. Ping, Kung Fu Panda (2008)
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Background

About Me

I'm a Firmware Systems & Validation Engineer with 3+ years at Raytheon Vision Systems, where I work on FPGA and SoC-based embedded platforms — system bring-up, hardware-software integration, test automation, and root-cause analysis on complex multi-stream systems.

Outside of the day job, I build software tools, web apps, and the occasional game. I'm drawn to problems where hardware meets software and the answer requires understanding both.

B.S. Computer Engineering from UC Irvine (GPA 3.6). Electrical Lead on the UCI Solar Car Project.

Languages

Python C/C++ MATLAB VHDL Verilog SQL Java

Platforms & Tools

FPGA Xilinx Vivado Linux Git / Jenkins Arduino Raspberry Pi

Interfaces & Protocols

I2C UART CAN Bus JTAG AXI4S

Web & Software

Docker FastAPI HTML/CSS/JS SQLite

Work

Projects

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Lucilease

AI-powered assistant for real estate agents. Monitors Gmail, drafts contextual replies using Claude, and manages leads, transactions, and documents — all in one dark-themed web app.

Python FastAPI Claude AI Docker SQLite
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BluesAimTrain

A Windows aim training application built in .NET for sharpening mouse precision and reaction time. Configurable target patterns, timing modes, and score tracking.

.NET C# Windows
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bintxt_tool

A developer utility for binary ↔ text conversion. Makes binary config files version-controllable by serializing them to human-readable, diffable text — and back again.

Python Bash CLI DevTools

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Open to interesting conversations, collaborations, and the occasional weird side project.