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Vlad DamianVD

Vlad Damian

Senior Software Engineer (Rust, audio codecs, DSP)

€600/day
Erlangen, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Vlad

Senior software engineer with experience in C/C++/Rust, signal processing, codecs (especially AAC) and audio engineering.
During my last project, I have been ported the AAC codec used by Android from C to Rust.
  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Erlangen (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits
    Senior R&D Software Engineer
    RESEARCH
    January 2018 - March 2026 (8 years and 2 months)
    Erlangen, BY, Germany
    • •Delivered highly optimized AAC libraries to the bussiness customers, tailored on their requirments.
    • • Ported DSP related reference source code from C to idiomatic Rust, improving execution speed, memory safety and maintainability.
    • •Refactored C/Rust code, introduced FFI-safe bindings, enabling seamless crosslanguage integration.
    • •Designed and implemented idiomatic Rust APIs, simplifying developer adoption and improving code usability.
    • •Developed and enhanced automated test pipelines using Bash, Python, Robot Framework, and Docker, increasing test coverage and minimizing regressions.
    • •Built and optimized C applications using multiple compiler toolchains (e.g. GCC, Clang/LLVM, MSVC), ensuring cross-platform consistency.
    • • Conducted performance and memory benchmarks on DSP targets, identifying bottlenecks and driving measurable optimization improvements.
    • •Mentored new colleagues and helped them to adapt to the new environment, projects and tools.
    • •Led code reviews focused on correctness and idiomatic coding style adoption, raising code quality and reducing defect rates.
    • • Provided technical support to the B2B customers, resolving integration issues and strengthening customer relationships.
    codec Git Rust C DSP
  • Harman/Becker Automotive Systems
    DSP Software Engineer
    AUTOMOBILE
    March 2017 - December 2017 (9 months)
    Munich, BY, Germany
    • • Ported source code of various multimedia applications used in cars to specifc target DSP platforms.
    • •Benchmarked the code base on various DSP processors.
    DSP automotive C audio
  • Audio Design Digital Art
    Plugin Developer
    ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
    January 2015 - January 2017 (2 years)
    Bucharest, Romania
    • Developed and tested audio plugins written in C++, using the JUCE framework (e.g. DRC, binaural processing, etc)
    C++ signal processing JUCE audio engineering

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Education

  • Master
    University Politechnica of Bucharest
    2016
    Master
  • Bachelor
    Technical University "Gh. Asachi" of Iași
    2014
    Bachelor

Certifications

  • ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level
    iSQI
    2020
    ISTQB testing
  • ISAQB Software Architecture - Foundation Level
    iSQI
    2023
    software architecture interfaces components

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