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Christian Jerome Torres

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Staff Embedded Engineer, Crest AI - Bluetooth LE · ARM Cortex-M · embedded Linux

Works at
Crest AI
Location
Manila, Philippines · PHT (UTC+8)
Experience
11+ years experience
Education
Kyoto University
Languages
English, Filipino
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Overview

Based in Manila. I work on embedded systems at Crest AI. Reduced cloud spend on firmware by 34% in two quarters. Before that: Hyundai Motor and SoftBank. Most at home with ARM Cortex-M and hardware bring-up.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Questions about embedded systems
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Skills
ARM Cortex-Membedded Linuxhardware bring-upRTOSCBluetooth LE

Experience

  1. Staff Embedded Engineer
    Jun 2025 - Present
    Crest AI · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Grew the firmware team from 3 to 22 engineers.
    • Shipped 25 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
  2. Senior Embedded Engineer
    Nov 2022 - Jun 2025
    Hyundai Motor · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 459ms to 69ms.
    • Shipped 25 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
  3. Embedded Engineer
    May 2021 - Nov 2022
    SoftBank · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Moved 67% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
    • Shipped 18 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
  4. Embedded Engineer
    Nov 2018 - May 2021
    Microsoft · 2 yr 6 mo · Contract · Manila, Philippines
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 43 minutes to under 3.
    • Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 711ms to 113ms.
  5. Embedded Engineer
    Oct 2015 - Nov 2018
    Boston Consulting Group · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Manila, Philippines
    • Moved 72% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

Projects

Conference talk: lessons from firmware
2026

What went wrong and what worked while scaling embedded systems.

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Education

  1. Kyoto University
    BSc, Electrical Engineering
    2011 - 2015

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