Hey, I'm Samuel Carlisle

I am an Embedded Systems Engineer and IoT Specialist with 20+ years of experience designing resilient, low-power, and secure digital systems. My work spans medical devices, humanitarian technology, industrial IoT, renewable energy, and conservation, where reliability in extreme environments is critical. I started in the hacker scene and open-source communities, co-founding Sukey to keep demonstrators safe and informed, contributing to initiatives like CryptopartyLondon and Open Source Ecology, and building civic media tools that empowered people to subvert the tools of alienation / empower themselves through their technology.That ethos of open, resilient, user-driven systems continues to drive my professional work today. I bridge hardware, firmware, and cloud: from board bring-up and RTOS firmware on ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V MCUs, to embedded Linux integration, wireless connectivity, and device-to-cloud architectures. I deliver systems that scale securely, update reliably, and stay online under pressure—whether in remote clinics, industrial sites, or field deployments with minimal infrastructure. I hold a BEng with honors from Durham University and am a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET). I speak English, French, and German, and continue to thrive at the intersection of hacker culture and professional engineering: solving hard problems, mentoring teams, and building embedded systems with measurable real-world impact.