Tomasz Michalak

Engineering Manager @ Antmicro | Leading Software and Digital Design Teams

Poznan Metropolitan Area

About

With over a decade of experience in digital design, software development and quality assurance, I currently lead a team of software and digital design engineers as an Engineering Manager at Antmicro. My focus lies in driving innovation through system and software architecture design, team leadership, and strategic project coordination. Passionate about fostering collaboration and delivering impactful solutions, I aim to align technical excellence with organizational goals to create cutting-edge technology that meets our clients' needs.

Experience

  • Antmicro (Full-time · 9 yrs)
    • Engineering Manager
      Dec 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

      * Leading a team of software/FPGA engineers * Planning and coordinating software design and implementation efforts * Designing system and software architecture * Conducting job interviews

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Aug 2017 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      * Designed and implemented solutions for various software projects * Implemented and automated tests for newly developed features * Performed code reviews * Made quotations and estimations for potential projects * Acted as an interface between the team and customers or management * Coached new team members

  • Mentor Graphics (Full-time · 7 yrs)
    • Software Development Engineer
      Apr 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      * Designed, improved, implemented and released software that met functionality, usability, reliability, performance and supportability requirements. * Participated in project planning and tracking * Wrote functional and design specification and other project documentation * Worked and coordinated efforts with marketing, QA, Customer support

    • Software Quality Assurance Engineer
      Aug 2010 - Mar 2015 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      QA Engineer for software in the Electronic Design Automation(EDA) area with focus on Design for Test(DFT): * Responsible for the quality of EDA Design-for-Test (DFT) products (FastScan, TestKompress, TessentShell) * Preparing and executing test plans for new functionalities (exploratory, performance, stress testing) * Monitoring software changes (code review, code coverage) * Creating non-gui and gui test automation scripts (Perl, Tcl/Tk) * Cooperating with engineers in India, Germany, US and UK

  • Trainee at the Maintenance Department at Imperial Tobacco
    Nov 2009 - Jul 2010 · 9 mos

    Working on several projects related to machine maintenance concerning improvement of overall reliability and safety of machines in the factory. Carrying out quality inspections of machinery, incorporating methods of maintaining new and existing equipment, implementing new hardware systems for quality control.