Greg Willden

About Greg Willden

Principal embedded systems engineer with over twenty years experience building embedded systems. From small microcontroller projects to distributed, multi-processor embedded Linux systems; from bare metal programming to RTOS-based systems, and everything in between.I have deployed embedded systems into wet caves and culverts, onto landslides, into outer space, and into the hands, surface ships, submarines, and aircraft of the militaries of multiple countries.I love to solve hard problems in the areas of embedded systems, real-time systems, wireless communications, software/hardware integration, and network-based telemetry systems.Embedded & Real-Time SystemsLinux, Android OS, Yocto Project, Zephyr RTOSC, C++, AssemblyIPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDPWiFi, 802.15.4/ZigBeeIP-based Telemetry NetworksWireless Sensor NetworksSoftware/Hardware IntegrationPython, Numpy, Scipy, MatlabData ModelingAgile: JIRA, ConfluenceGit, Gitlab, Jenkins, Continuous Integrationbuildroot, GCC toolchains

Experience

1. Staff Embedded Software Engineer

   Rivian

   Mar 2026 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Autonomy Team

Education

• St. Mary's University

  M.S, Electrical Engineering

  2001 — 2004

• Utah State University

  B.S, Electrical Engineering

  1996 — 1999

Skills

• Software Design
• Dsp
• Embedded Systems
• Linux
• Digital Signal Processors
• Image Processing
• Digital Signal Processing
• Software Engineering
• Embedded Operating Systems
• Networking
• Software Development
• Python
• Xml
• Embedded Linux
• Signal Processing
• Simulink
• C++
• Telemetry
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Embedded C
• Sensors
• Rtos
• Distributed Systems
• Matlab
• Testing
• Electrical Engineering
• Embedded Software
• Windows
• Algorithms
• Eclipse
• Wireless Networking
• C
• Programming
• Microcontrollers
• Device Drivers
• Tcp/Ip
• Simulations
• Assembly Language