Francois Vincent

Developed Firmware for DeWALT brand power tools. BLDC motor control. Battery Management System (BMS), Flexvolt 20V/60V, as well as 60V Powershift smart batteries. Bare-metal firmware with strong interaction with hardware, running on STM32G0, Microchip ATtiny, Infineon XMC 1400 MCU families. PID regulation. C, C++ and Python languages. Intensive use of oscilloscope for debug, as well as Altium viewer for schematics reading Atlassian tools: Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Sourcetree. Artificial intellige

Defined a new firmware platform, with separation between Legally Relevant (LR) and Legally Non Relevant (LNR) parts, using a Cortex-M4 Memory Protection Unit (MPU). Created and maintained a firmware libraries set, used by application teams, worldwide. Libraries innovative features have led to 5 patents. Collaborated with legal notified bodies for MID/UKCA certifications.

• Refined rollout Enedis Linky specification and wrote answer to tender • Teamed up with worldwide R&D and Manufacturing partners (Indonesia, Hungary, UK, Germany, France), for FNN MessSystem 2020 and EM211/214 advanced meters • Provided expertise to worldwide Sales Teams and Customers • Created demonstration equipment, user’s guides and brochures

• Defined firmware architecture of new smart meters family for international markets, in collaboration with worldwide R&D and Marketing Teams • Elaborated and specified a comprehensive information security solution for smart meters, based on Microsoft SDL process • Performed technology watch • Advised firmware teams

• Created Linky meter functional specification, in collaboration with Companies involved in the Project: Enedis, Landis+Gyr, Iskraemeco, Atos Origin • Defined and wrote Linky meter information security specification • Coordinated communications between Enedis and the R&D Project Team • More than 100000 meters have been produced and installed on the field

• Led Firmware Project Teams, 3 to 6 Engineers, on various electricity meters, from residential to high end industrial, for French and export markets: EDF Blue Tariff single and polyphase, EDF Emerald Tariff (ICE), residential meters for worldwide markets, ripple control processing • Worked on 8 to 32 bits microcontrollers and DSP platforms, using assembly language, C and C++, RTOS (homemade, Nucleus, RL-RTX) • Defined firmware specifications, architectures, planning and team organization • Teamed up with M

Research works on Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) on Silicon (Si) bulk