PIERRE LOBEL
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
Works
2021-...
Sr. Software Engineer – Direction du Budget, from May 2021
Development of Applications
2019-21
Sr. System Engineer – Impact Engineering, from June 2019
Development of Image Processing algorithms for Xiaomi premium smartphones
2018-19
Sr. System Engineer – Valeo, 6 months
Design of Remote Parking feature for Renault – Nissan group
2015-18
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer – DxO Labs, 3 years
Design, development and maintenance of DxO ONE Camera firmware, running on 2 processors ARM Cortex-A9 
Design and Development for Wi-Fi camera control under Linux OS 
Development for real-time camera control under ThreadX (RTOS) 
Specification of camera control high-level API in Json 
Test development (python) with Bamboo Continuous Integration framework 
Agile methodology (scrum teams) 
2013-15
Software Architect – CISCO (ex NDS), 2 years
Design and development of DVB and OTT Players for STB middlewares 
Video Tag management (HTML5) for RDK and Linux TV for DVB EMEAR market 
Specification of player control high-level API in Json 
Agile methodology (scrum teams) 
2000-13
Sr. Software Engineer – NDS (ex CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES), 13 years
Design and development of MediaHighway full-stack middleware for STB 
Worldwide projects deliveries (EU, Asia-Pacific) 
Conditional Access System (CAS) integration for NDS Videoguard and Nagra 
CPE: IDTV, PVR, DVB-IP, DVB-S2 (satellite), DVB-T (terrestrial), Free To Air 
Waterfall process handled by small empowered teams 
1998-00
Software Engineer – ALTEN, 2 years
Development of embedded interactive applications running on CANALSATELLITE STB
1996-98
Research Scientist, 2 years
Post-doctoral positions in Applied Mathematics Dept. of Sarrelandes University, Germany (1 year) and Laboratoire I3S, CNRS (1 year) 
Image reconstruction algorithms for medical imaging, non-destructive testing, target identification and detection of buried objects 
Contracts with the Joint Research Centre (EUREKA) and the CEA 
2015-18
PhD Researcher / Teacher – Laboratoire I3S (CNRS), 3 years
Optimization methods in radar and medical imaging 
Edge preserving regularization, segmentation 
Speaker in international conferences (IEEE AP-S/URSI, PIERS) 
Teacher in engineering school and universities 
Education
1996
Doctor in Sciences (PhD with honors)
Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis
1993
DEA in Information Processing and Transmission (with honors)
Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis
1993
Engineer of ESSI (now Polytech’Nice-Sophia)
Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis
Skills
Languages
C, C++, Python, Json-schema, bash, Pantalk, Fortran, ADA
OS
UNIX (Linux, SunOS, AIX, IRIX), RTOS (ThreadX), Windows
Targets
ARM, ST, Broadcom, Intel, SUN
Web
HTML5, JSON
Tools
git, confluence, jira, stash, bamboo, buildroot, yocto, wireshark
Open-source
D-Bus, wpa_supplicant, hostapd, gstreamer, video4linux
Methodology
Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Waterfall
More informations
Languages
French (native), English (fluent), German (notions), Vietnamese (notions)
Interests
Scuba diving
CMAS level 3*
Photography
Wildlife photography (working with BIOS Photo Agency)