AI-Assisted Engineering Workflows | Embedded Systems | Infrastructure | Developer Tooling
I work across AI-assisted engineering workflows, embedded systems, developer tooling, and infrastructure.
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Hi, I am Kirill. I have a Master’s Degree in Embedded Computing Systems, which led me to Trondheim and to a Hardware Designer role at Nordic Semiconductor. While writing, verifying, and integrating SystemVerilog modules, I got pulled into continuous development and tooling. That moved me toward design enablement and infrastructure, and today I work at Arm using AI to make hardware design work simpler. Outside of work, I tinker with home servers, automate parts of my home, and take every bicycle ride the weather allows.
Trondheim
Using AI to make hardware design work simpler.
Using Generative AI to increase the efficiency of hardware design.
Trondheim
Maintaining compute cluster, custom version control system, login servers, and CI/CD while working closely with IT on physical infrastructure needs.
Digital design and verification of GPIO modules and their high-level integration while also maintaining CI/CD for the hardware development team.
Cambridge
Writing embedded C for MCUs and showcasing platform capabilities.
Developing an automation-focused software package using Python, LaTeX, JavaScript, and HTML.
Amazing grades: 1.0/1.0
Studied architecture and verification of digital systems, SystemC, and digital prototyping.
Projects:
MSc Thesis: A SystemC/TLM framework for characterising and validating the RTL implementation of a memory controller.
Distinction grades: 84%
Secure Hardware Design, Digital IC and System Design, Digital System Design, Nanoelectronic Devices, Cryptography, Embedded Processors Design, and Digital System Synthesis.
Projects:
Perfect grades: 5.0/5.0
The program covered the basics of nanoelectronics, its theory, and different fields of application, including microwave electronics and solid state electronics.
BSc Thesis: Parameters and characteristics of a wireless MEMS passive vibro-accelerometer.
Self-hosted infrastructure playground spanning Raspberry Pis, a VPS, Proxmox, and networking gear.
Its main objective is to learn. The cluster gives me a safe place to test networking, storage, and automation ideas before I depend on them elsewhere.
Proxmox hosts OPNsense firewall and OpenMediaVault for NFS, while the VPS carries public-facing traffic.
Custom split keyboards built around nRF52 boards, low-power firmware, and a lot of patience.
Lily58 uses nRFMicro boards based on nRF52840, so it stays wireless and low power while still being practical enough for daily use.
The next build leaned harder into RGB, low-profile switches, and screens. It is more of a show-off board, less efficient than the minimalist Lily58, and wired on purpose.
Embedded student hackathon built for more than 10 teams with 24 hours to create an embedded system from scratch.
Me and three other members of the team were responsible for the event from the first idea through the gala ceremony.
Sponsors included John Deere, STI, Lattice, and others. It was equal parts engineering logistics, community building, and controlled chaos.
Hybrid RTL and SystemC/TLM environment for validating a memory controller without paying full cycle-accurate simulation cost everywhere.
The goal was to accelerate RTL simulation of a memory controller while keeping the interesting parts cycle accurate.
The resulting setup was more than 100x faster than a fully RTL model while still remaining useful for validation work.
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FPGA-based node for a distributed system with CPU, LCD controller, PS/2 keyboard controller, CAN controller, and Wishbone bus integration.
The system synchronized 16 bytes of ASCII data that appeared on the LCD after a key press on the keyboard, with the CPU acting as the bus master.
It was a useful exercise in crossing hardware interfaces, system integration, and getting the whole chain to behave under real constraints.
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FPGA and Arm-based karaoke platform combining audio input, filtering, storage, and VGA output into a single SoC project.
One audio output was modified with filters and mixed with a second source while an Arm processor read files from SD card and pushed status to VGA.
It was a fun combination of DSP, platform plumbing, and user-facing controls on actual hardware.
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If you want to talk about embedded systems, infrastructure, automation, or an interesting problem, send a note.