# Julia Chernushevich > Building products that strengthen societies around the globe Location: Arlington, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/juliachernushevich Embedded software engineer with experience building new products at startups - from electric vehicles to smart home devices to CT scanners. ## Work Experience ### Senior Embedded Software Engineer @ Re:Build Fikst Jan 2024 – Present | Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States Leading a team of 5 firmware engineers, including myself, to design a sterile tube welder from the ground up and deliver it to market 16 months later (start of 2026). Technical leadership responsibilities include interfacing with the client, understanding and documenting requirements, system architecture, running an agile team, supporting compliance and safety testing, and driving conversations between the FW, electrical, and mechanical teams. The embedded development I've done covers the entire stack, from hardware bringup to UI. It's the most complex project I've worked on, both due to the integration of a graphics-rich UI right in the micro and the sheer number of peripherals needed to support tube welding of various size & material tubes. ### Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer @ Transaera, Inc. Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Somerville, Massachusetts, United States I joined the team mid-April when components were just being ordered, and 10 weeks later we had a completed and operating DOAS (commercial HVAC) unit on a truck. Our 10-person team designed and built the unit from the ground up in record time. As the only FW employee, I was responsible for bringing up all of the hardware and creating a robust, internet-connected HVAC controller that would first support testing at OTS (Optimized Thermal Systems) and then continue onto it's field trial on a warehouse roof in Houston. The field trial was a success and Transaera went on to raise $10.5M dollars to develop larger units for other field trials. This was definitely the wildest 0-1 sprint of my life! ### Embedded Software Engineer @ Lumafield Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Led the embedded development of Triton - a high-volume, automated, manufacturing-floor scanner (think conveyor belts, grabby arms, automated analysis and sorting) that will allow Lumafield to move into the production market with a completely automated CT scanning solution. Led two technical, cross-team projects that sold to customers for $10,000/year. Expanded Scan Volume: • Increased scannable size by 80% by introducing an offset (and a bunch of math to handle it) • Able to scan objects such as my bike helmet and hockey skate • Unlocked new opportunities with manufacturers of large objects • Read on at lumafield.com/article/introducing-expanded-scan-volume Fast Scanning: • Dropped minimum scan durations from 30 minutes to 15 seconds • Unlocked many new opportunities with customers and allows the product to enter the manufacturing space Other work: • Day-to-day support for others’ projects, smaller feature development, bug fixes • Assessing reliability of new features across different hardware configurations • Profiling to understand and resolve performance bottlenecks Approximate distribution of my technical work on the Scanner SW stack: • 80% Embedded SW, in asyncio Python • 10% React Frontend • 5% Firmware, in C • 5% Linux ### Product Lead @ deeplearning.ai Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, California, United States Led two teams of 5 developers, software engineers, and QA staff in developing educational courses (videos & hands-on programming labs) on the topics of "AI for Good" and "Mathematics for Machine Learning", overseeing product development from inception to implementation. • Responsible for the quality of our products, ensuring that they meet ambitious learning goals while being easy to comprehend, accessible, and a pleasure to engage with for our learners. • Collaborated with the marketing team to research and understand a market need for a new specialization. Then, consulting with subject-matter experts from industry and academia to develop modern, relevant curricula. • After developing an understanding of our target learner (persona), I worked with my teams to develop actionable learning objectives (targets) and then work backwards to accomplish them - first designing the assessments and then developing the lectures and teaching material. Running detailed alpha and beta tests along the way allow us to iterate on the product based on learner feedback. Co-created a training program to upskill existing post-secondary educators to produce high-quality asynchronous, online content. ### Embedded Software Developer @ Alert Labs Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Kitchener, Canada Area Led the development of an automatic water shut-off valve that has saved businesses millions of dollars by preventing devastating water damage: • Technical: worked with a third-party hardware supplier, co-created a custom over-the-air communication protocol over LoRa, wrote firmware to integrate the first actuator product with the existing ecosystem of monitoring sensors. • Product: mapped user work flows for manual & automatic shut-off, ensured seamless integration between firmware and platform, contributed to graphic design and marketing, coordinated beta testing and roll-out the product. Contributed to the development and maintenance of six smart building products, as part of a team of three embedded software developers. Managed a fleet of over 10,000 sensors deployed across North America, including new firmware deployments, fleet health checks, and data analysis. Represented the Hardware team in company-wide usability discussions. ### Chief Product Officer @ PriveHealth Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Led the development of a cybersecurity training product for front-line health care workers (95% of healthcare breaches are due to human error). • Prepared two-pilot programs with a local hospital and a local long-term care home. • Conducted foundational user research (interviews, field studies) to identify threats within our customers' workplaces, understand the day-to-day operations and practices of health care workers, and quantify our end-users' current knowledge of cybersecurity best practices. • Participated in business development discussions, pitches to investors, and managed a team of employees (part-time and co-op) to conduct market analyses and build prototypes of the product Shut down due to political changes that impacted the health care sector in Ontario. ### Content Developer & Instructor @ Udacity Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Waterloo, Canada Co-Instructed the Robotics Software Engineer Nanodegree: • Developed content (lectures, quizzes, labs, and projects) for the Robotics, Flying Car, and Cybersecurity Nanodegree Programs. • Used data-driven tools to identify areas of difficulty and student drop-off points across the Deep Learning and Computer Vision Nanodegrees, and then created new content to address identified needs to improve the quality of our content and increase completion rates of our students. ### Mechatronics Instructor @ University of Waterloo Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Waterloo, Ontario Project-development: • Designed innovative projects, such as an autonomous underwater robot, to introduce hands-on content to the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering curricula. • Managed a team of four co-op students, assisting with the development of course material, purchasing, design, construction, and packaging of robot kits. • Coordinated the execution of the project for 300 undergraduate students across two courses. This involved administering lectures, office-hours, and evaluations, as well as managing four teaching assistants. Makerspace education: • Taught students to use technologies such as 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNC mills. • Created online training courses, allowing students to learn the basics of a technology online. This cut the duration of in-person training in half, allowing for a larger throughput of students. ### Program Director @ SHAD Network Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Saskatchewan, Canada • Responsible for the organization of a one month-long live-in program for gifted high school students from across Canada. • Managed 12 program staff (faculty, teachers, recreation directors, and program assistants). • Designed the program to challenge students from a wide range of backgrounds (age, geography, interests), while maintaining a safe and supportive environment. • Managed communication with parents, guest speakers, university employees, and students. ### Program Assistant @ SHAD Network Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ### Research And Development Engineer @ Prairie Machine & Parts Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Saskatchewan, Canada • Product development (concept to market) of the company's first data-logging and diagnostic tool, which interfaced with a vehicle’s CAN bus to query and record vehicle operating parameters and presented the results graphically and numerically to the user through a locally-hosted web application. • Final product was shipped with every vehicle, allowing the company to diagnose vehicle faults remotely, saving the company tens of thousands of dollars per fault, as a technician could now diagnose a vehicle remotely instead of needing to fly to a distant mine site. • Researched & tested battery technologies to produce the safest, most reliable, and long-lasting battery packs for our mine vehicles. Tests included cold-weather performance, life-cycle analysis, and others. • Designed, wired, and programmed an automated battery tester, and also purchased a production-scale battery tester, whose purpose was to characterize and test each individual cell prior to its assembly in a battery pack. • Battery tester and new production processes identified faulty cells, reducing vehicle faults experienced by customers, improving the reliability of our vehicles, and saving the company and customer hundreds of thousands of dollars. ### Winter Camp Staff @ Girl Guides of Canada Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Ontario • Delivered exciting, outdoor winter camp program experiences such as snow shoeing, archery, geocaching, and quinzhee building. ### LCD Illumination Developer Intern @ BlackBerry Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Waterloo, Canada • Reduced the duration of everyday tests by automating the verification of proximity and light sensors using the Visual C# environment. • Architected mechanical test fixtures for a variety of BlackBerry products using SolidWorks. ### Electrical Technologies Engineering Intern @ General Motors Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 • Wired a Human Machine Interface laboratory that is used to test R&D projects; experience with CAN bus and Simulink. • Developed a Blackberry application that interfaces with a vehicle's infotainment system using the BB7 Java SDK. ### Facilities Engineering Intern @ Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Woodstock, Canada • Studied the feasibility of recycling waste water, and reducing natural gas and electricity consumption. • Presented feasibility study results to the president and senior management of TMMC. ### Systems Engineering Specialist, EcoSchools Department @ Toronto District School Board Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 • Co-managed a 30-million-dollar grant application for the use of schools as energy generating facilities. • Commenced environmental analysis of school board fleet; assessed the feasibility of using biofuels. ## Education ### Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in System Design Engineering University of Waterloo ### Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree Udacity ### Exchange in Mechanical Engineering Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jchernus - Website: http://www.jchernus.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/juliachernushevich JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/juliachernushevich/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22