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David Russell

Junior Embedded Engineer specializing in microcontrollers, RTOS, and hardware interfacing

Media Archaeology Lab – UT at DallasUniversity of Texas at DallasNew Braunfels, TX3 Years ExperienceJunior LevelWorks On-Site

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Project lead who restored a 1999 vintage museum robotics exhibit by inventorying and integrating legacy systems, reverse engineering original behavior, and reimplementing it in a modern codebase. Notably optimized Tesseract OCR and machine-vision pipelines to run on a 400MHz Pentium III with 256MB RAM while bringing up and tuning degraded FireWire IIDC cameras using scarce legacy documentation.

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Key Strengths

  • Led end-to-end restoration of a vintage (1999) robotics/museum exhibit, including full system inventory and reimplementation in a modern codebase
  • Optimized modern OCR (Tesseract) to run on highly constrained legacy hardware (400MHz Pentium III, 256MB RAM)
  • Deep low-level embedded expertise (C/C++, register-level programming, FreeRTOS, hard real-time state machines)
  • Strong legacy hardware bring-up and troubleshooting (FireWire IIDC cameras; sourced/used old documentation and forums)
  • Performance-focused image processing optimization (rotation/mirroring via reverse buffer reads to speed stitching/processing)
  • Effective stakeholder coordination (weekly syncs with lab director; consulted coworkers, industry mentors, and original exhibit engineer)

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Experience

Software Developer & Project LeadMedia Archaeology Lab – UT at Dallas · Aug 2024 – Present
Independent DevelopmentESP32-S3 Composite Video Library – Personal Project · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024freelance
Team LeadFirst Robotics Team 5103 · Aug 2018 – May 2022

Education

University of Texas at Dallasbachelor, Technology and Communications (2025)

Awards

  • Best Restoration Award - VCF Southwest 2025 (Awarded for Xerox PARC Reading Eye Dog)
  • Eagle Scout
  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Languages

English

Certifications

Full Stack Web Development Certification

Memberships

  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

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