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Embedded systems / intelligent products

Chris Ambrose

Advanced Lead Software Engineer. Systems thinker. Product builder.

I turn demanding engineering problems into dependable systems, from safety-critical aerospace software to connected devices and live energy analytics.

10+ Years in aerospace technology
5,000+ Festival stewards supported annually
DO-178C Safety-critical certification leadership
End to end Hardware, software, data and delivery
Selected work

Engineering across physical and digital systems.

These projects combine sensing, control, data processing and interfaces that make complex behaviour easier to understand.

Solar generation and battery dashboard
Energy automation

Solar forecasting and optimisation

Forecast-led monitoring coordinates generation, battery storage, household demand and grid export to make better use of available energy.

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Greenhouse temperature and crop monitoring dashboard
Sensor network

Greenhouse crop monitoring

Temperature, humidity and soil-moisture telemetry provides the evidence needed to manage heating, airflow and irrigation.

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Glastonbury Festival steward management portal
Operational platform

GFEL Stewards portal

An evolving registration, training and logistics platform supporting more than 5,000 festival stewards each year since 2013.

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Systems in operation

Real engineering, reporting live.

A compact view of the private automation and energy systems running in my home. The public portfolio exposes useful engineering outcomes, never household routines or personal data.

Open live systems
Solar generated today 18.6 kWh Live generation total
Household consumption 9.1 kWh Today's monitored use
Heat-pump COP Awaiting data Heat delivered per unit of electricity
Heat delivered today 0.0 kWh Calculated thermal output
Core expertise

Rigour where it matters. Curiosity everywhere else.

01 / Embedded

Real-time software

Bare-metal and RTOS development, multi-core architectures, low-level interfaces and deterministic behaviour.

02 / Assurance

Safety-critical engineering

DO-178C, CAST-32A, AMC 20-193, MISRA C and evidence-led certification for high-criticality aerospace systems.

03 / Connected

IoT and automation

Sensor integration, edge processing, home-energy automation and dependable API-driven products.

04 / Insight

Data systems

Acquisition, processing, databases and interfaces that turn operational telemetry into clear decisions.

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See how the systems, decisions and outcomes fit together.