About Sadok
My name is Sadok Bdiri, founder of dawndrums, an embedded systems design company. I’ve spent the past several years leading complex hardware and software initiatives, the development of open-source solutions and managing highly skilled technical teams across embedded domains.
Our expertise in embedded systems will help organizations solve technical problems, accelerate development, and make strategic engineering decisions. With hands-on experience in embedded AI, AR systems, and wireless communication, we bring a unique combination of low-level technical know-how and high-level architectural insight for embedded systems.
As also the lead developer, I’ve been responsible for bridging hardware and software teams, advising on system design choices, and guiding products from concept to market. I understand the pressures of innovation-driven environments and thrive in roles that require both analytical depth and practical execution.
If your team is looking for experienced consultancy that can deliver both strategic and technical impact, we would be happy to explore how we can contribute to your success.
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
German
Basic
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Bosch SensortecSystem EngineerJanuary 2020 - February 2023 (3 years and 1 month)72 Reutlingen, Germany• • Support for root‑cause analysis and debugging of software and electronics for production sample phases• • Cross‑functional development and testing of a laser projector system• • DTC configuration and Implementation of drivers, test and integration of video transmission over USB3 Gen2• • Front‑end firmware development (ARM) for the laser controller PCB• • System power consumption profiling during boot, idle and load• • PCB design of a custom carrier board for the system‑on‑module• • Development of an Android application for a wireless control of the smart‑glasses• • Firmware implementation of drivers (sensors, video, communication) and WIFI/BT software stacks• • HDI PCB design of a video rendering board with wireless connectivity and on‑board sensors• • BOSCH Trainings: Bosch Quality, SAFe, Laser, Safety• • Assessment and integration of a wireless solutions for host‑guest link
- DawndrumsFOUNDER, CEO | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LEAD DEVELOPERApril 2023 - Today (3 years and 4 months)Tunis, Tunisia• • Assembly of Divine D. POC rev 1.0; Case, MainPCB, OLED, Cameras and battery• • Prepare U‑boot, Kernel and rootfs for DawnOS, with Phosh/Plasma Mobile• • Bring‑up of PMIC, GPU, VPU, WIFI6/BT, MIPI OLED, front/rear Cameras, and USB‑C fast charging• • Development and implementation of Linux kernel drivers• • Software and hardware functional tests of sub‑systems and external POC components• • PCB design of the main‑board based on ARM Cortex‑A for the product POC• • Evaluation of LLM/Yolo inference running on Cortex‑A processor, using GPU/NPU• • Evaluate KPIs, market and business requirements for next‑gen Linux Smartphone and open‑source software
- Leipzig Research and Transfer CenterRESEARCH ASSOCiATE ‑ WiRELESS SENSiNG, RF DESiGNJanuary 2013 - January 2019 (6 years)04 Leipzig, Germany• • Invented a Wake‑up Receiver based IoT node (868 MHz, 2.4 GHz), embedded with CC135x, ESP8266 and dual‑channel on‑board antenna• • Invented two state‑of‑the‑art Wake‑up Receivers (based on Passive RF and Tuned‑RF Architectures) with enhanced power consumption, sensi‑ tivity and latency trade‑off• • Developed an 868 MHz low‑noise amplifier with 40 dB gain at 1 mW for OOK/ASK radio receivers with discrete Silicon BJTs on a 4‑layer PCB• • Realized a compact form‑factor (⌀20 mm) Wireless Sensor Node to operate inside a Coal Mining Machinery's Gearbox for vibration measure‑ ments• • Implemented and tested a p2p WSN (Target, Reference, Gateway and Base Station nodes) for "Wireless Indoor Localization System for Forklifts" Project within an industrial warehouse• • Collaboration with engineering students for projects on WSNs and energy monitoring
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Education
- Computer and Embedded Systems EngineerNational Engineering School of Sousse2011Computer and Embedded Systems Engineer
- Ph.D, Electrical Engineering and Information TechnologyChemnitz University of Technology2021Ph.D