Olivia Williams

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Senior Embedded Engineer at Accenture · Embedded systems

Accenture
Auckland, New Zealand · NZST (UTC+12)
8+ years experience
University of Hong Kong
English
Open to workLearning
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Overview

Senior Embedded Engineer at Accenture, focused on embedded systems. Wrote the ARM Cortex-M service that now handles 20 million requests a day. Before that: Huawei and Tencent. Most at home with Bluetooth LE and RTOS. Amateur photographer; mostly street and food.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in embedded systems
  • Mentors who have done this before
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Working sessions on hardware bring-up
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches

Slower in the last week of each quarter

Skills
CRTOShardware bring-upARM Cortex-MBluetooth LEembedded Linux
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Embedded Engineer roles at growth-stage cybersecurity companies

Target roles
Embedded Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
B2B SaaS, Fintech
Work mode
On-site
Available
30 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in New Zealand
What I'm looking for
A team that ships weekly and owns firmware end to end.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

8 years in embedded systems. Strongest at ARM Cortex-M and Bluetooth LE. Can start in about six weeks.

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LearningLearning something
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Looking for feedback on my case study from someone in HR tech

Goal
Build a portfolio project in embedded systems that I'd be proud to show.
Where I am now
Beginner
Ideal mentor
Someone who has worked in embedded systems for a few years
Cadence
Every two weeks
What I can offer back
Research and write-ups

8 years in so far. Looking for honest feedback, once or twice a month.

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Experience

  1. Senior Embedded Engineer
    Jan 2026 - Present
    Accenture · 9 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Reduced cloud spend on firmware by 34% in two quarters.
    • Shipped 29 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
  2. Embedded Engineer
    Jun 2024 - Jan 2026
    Huawei · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Shipped 24 launches on the firmware team without a rollback.
  3. Embedded Engineer
    Mar 2021 - Jun 2024
    Tencent · 3 yr 3 mo · Contract · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Moved 61% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
    • Cut p99 latency on the firmware services from 325ms to 73ms.
  4. Embedded Engineer
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2021
    Woolworths Group · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Auckland, New Zealand
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 32 minutes to under 5.

Projects

Open-source embedded Linux toolkit
2026

A small library for embedded systems that 853 developers star on GitHub.

Write-up: embedded systems in practice
2022

A long-form guide to embedded systems for people starting out.

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Education

  1. University of Hong Kong
    BSc, Computer Science
    2014 - 2018

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