# William Gentry

> Software Engineer

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/williamgentry

Software Engineer at Verkada

Awards:
    - 1st place in a University of California wide autonomous vehicle competition.

Projects:
    - Smart Bike Handle with automatic bike light, security, and Bluetooth
    - Autonomous vehicle senior design project
    - Embedded system for fermentation data collection for enological research
    - Large interactive exhibit with LEDs and capacitive sensors

Programming and Hardware Design Languages: 
    - C, C++, Python, Verilog

Software Tools:
    - Altium Designer, Circuit Maker, PSoC Creator, Code Composer Studio, Quartus Prime, MATLAB, 
      Arduino IDE

Embedded Systems and IoT: 
    - I2C, SPI, UART, FPGA, ADC, HTTP, REST

## Work Experience
### Embedded Software Engineer @ Verkada
Jan 2021 – Present | San Mateo, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Goleta, California, United States
- Created utility application to automate the installation of device drivers and configuration of the OS.
- Assisted in the development and testing of an automated serial programming system.
- Maintained commercial embedded system and instrumentation software for radar related systems written in Ada and C++.
- Designed and developed .NET Core WPF C# desktop application for data visualization of complex antenna characteristics.
- Effectively communicated in cross-functional teams composed of system and electrical engineers.

### Manufacturing Engineering Controls Execution Intern @ General Motors
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Detroit Area
- Collaborate with process engineers in powertrain manufacturing engineering to retool assembly and test equipment. 
- Suggest and implement process improvements for increased efficiency and quality. 
- Enabled automated tracking and tracing of product assembly by creating data records and Allen-Bradley PLC control logic.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/william-gentry-47a349164
- Portfolio: https://williamharrisgentry.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-29