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From copper trace
to smart system.

I'm Hayri KILIÇ. I design software, multilayer hardware, embedded systems and AI-based solutions to defense, aerospace and space standards, from the schematic to the field test.

> Software-Design Engineer & Consultant · EMGE · upu.io▍

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U1 QFP-48 · 3D · REV 26
L2 Capabilities

I work on every layer of a system.

From copper traces to firmware, from the test lab to the AI model. With backgrounds in electrical, computer and industrial engineering, I treat the system as one whole.

EDU · M.Sc.
3
Master’s degrees
EDU · B.Sc.
3
Bachelor’s degrees
EDU · A.Sc.
1
Associate degree
R&D
8+
Years in R&D
PUB
6
Publications & theses
BLOG
18
Technical articles
HW · 0x01

Multilayer hardware

Multilayer boards built around advanced communication protocols — schematics, simulation and EMC-aware layout.

FW · 0x02

Embedded software

Bare-metal and RTOS firmware, drivers and hardware-integrated GUIs on STM32, ESP32, PIC and i.MX 8.

SYS · 0x03

Systems engineering

End-to-end design, reverse engineering and verification of defense, aerospace and space systems to MIL-STD and DO standards; ATP/ATR, FMECA, CDR, EMI/EMC and environmental tests.

AI · 0x04

AI, IoT & electronic warfare

Image processing, embedded machine learning, IIoT data pipelines and electronic-warfare applications — intelligent, resilient systems from sensor to signal, from the field to the decision.

L3 Signal history

My career, on a logic analyzer.

Each channel is a role; the high level is the time spent there. Click a channel, sweep the cursor through time.

Logic analyzer · 6 CH Trigger: curiosity
2018'18 2019'19 2020'20 2021'21 2022'22 2023'23 2024'24 2025'25 2026'26

Software-Design Engineer & Consultant

Oct 2024 — Present

EMGE A.Ş. & upu.io · Ankara

Two companies I work with in parallel: EMGE A.Ş. (Kazan) and upu.io (Yenimahalle). End-to-end design, development, reverse engineering and verification of critical systems compliant with MIL-STD. Multilayer hardware built on advanced communication protocols, embedded software and fully integrated GUIs; ATP/ATR, FMECA and CDR processes, EMI/EMC and environmental testing.

MIL-STDMultilayer PCBEmbedded CGUIEMI/EMC
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L4 Defense & aerospace

In the field, inside the armour and the cockpit.

Examples of systems I have built to military standards, from tank turrets and howitzers to electro-optical systems and aircraft. Programme names and details are confidential; this only shows what I can do.

CTRL BUS · I/O HAT · 4-WAY TRIGGER PALM SW. ILLUSTRATIVE Land platforms

Commander & gunner control grips

Electronics and embedded software for multi-button, ergonomic control grips that let the commander and gunner of turreted armoured vehicles run weapon and sensor systems with one hand.

  • Axis, trigger and button sensing electronics
  • Embedded firmware and vehicle-bus communication
  • Design and testing for military environmental and EMC conditions
AZ SLEW EL HOLD STAB ● ILLUSTRATIVE Land platforms

Control electronics for tank turrets

Design, integration and verification of the command chain that runs from the grips to the control panel and drive electronics of tank and armoured-vehicle turrets.

  • Processing of azimuth / elevation commands
  • Control panel and interface electronics
  • On-platform integration and acceptance tests
TGT FIRE MISSION EL ▲ · AZ ◆ INDIRECT ● ILLUSTRATIVE Artillery systems

Howitzer systems

Control electronics and embedded software for howitzers: heavy artillery that fires at high angles to provide indirect fire support to units at the front.

  • Gunner and control interfaces
  • Elevation / azimuth command chain
  • Electronics built to survive firing and harsh field conditions
TGT-01 · 0.94 IR · WHT-HOT TRK LOCK FOV 6.2° · ZOOM x4 FPS 60 · EDGE AI ILLUSTRATIVE Weapon systems

Image processing for weapon systems

Real-time embedded image processing that detects and tracks targets in day and thermal camera feeds and overlays information on the image.

  • Real-time detection and target tracking
  • Day / thermal video pipelines
  • AI on resource-constrained hardware
HCU · EO/IR ILLUSTRATIVE Electro-optical systems

Hand control units for EO/IR systems

Hardware, embedded software, design rules and documentation for hand control units that drive gimbal-type electro-optical and infrared camera systems.

  • Joystick, button and display interfaces
  • Serial communication with the camera system
  • A product family adapted to several platforms
IDLE MIL MAX STICK GRIP THROTTLE · A/T ILLUSTRATIVE Air platforms

Cockpit controls

Electronics, embedded software and test cases for throttles, stick grips and auto-throttle systems on aircraft and air platforms.

  • Throttle and stick-grip electronics
  • Auto-throttle work
  • Test cases and verification

⚠ Because of confidentiality obligations, programme names, customer details, source code and design files are not shared. The illustrations represent the type of system, not actual designs.

L5 R&D projects

From the shop floor to the server, from sensor to decision.

Hardware, embedded software and integration for industrial R&D projects backed by TÜBİTAK 1501 and KOSGEB.

TÜBİTAK 1501

Smart Manufacturing Execution System with a Wireless Data Tower

A patent-subject current sensor that reads running, ready, off and fault states without touching the machine’s hardware; an IoT Andon Tower that shows the state with light and transmits it wirelessly; and a gateway that collects data from every machine on the floor and forwards it to the factory server.

IoTHardwareWireless

Signal flow

  1. 01 Current sensor
  2. 02 IoT Andon Tower
  3. 03 Wireless gateway
  4. 04 Factory server
TÜBİTAK 1501

ML-Based Scheduling & Predictive Maintenance on IIoT Data

A decision support system that treats production planning and resource allocation holistically with AI — minimising stoppages, delays and idle resources while optimising cycle times.

  1. 01 IIoT sensor data
  2. 02 Data infrastructure
  3. 03 ML + optimisation
  4. 04 Decision support
KOSGEB

AI-Based Production Planning for Cyber-Physical Smart Factories

An AI-driven production planning system for building cyber-physical production systems and running smart factories.

  1. 01 Shop-floor data
  2. 02 Cyber-physical model
  3. 03 AI planner
  4. 04 Smart factory
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L6 Skill matrix

My toolbox, as integrated circuits.

Each chip is a domain, each pin a skill. Hover to power it up.

U1
  • Embedded C
  • C / C++
  • C#
LANGUAGES 6 PIN
  • .NET
  • Python
  • Assembly
U2
  • STM32 F/G/L/W
  • ESP32
  • PIC16 / 18
MCU / SoC 6 PIN
  • TI MCSP
  • NXP i.MX 8
  • ADC · DAC · PWM
U3
  • UART
  • SPI
  • I²C
  • CAN
  • RS-232/422/485
  • TCP/IP · UDP
PROTOCOLS 12 PIN
  • LoRa
  • BLE
  • Wi-Fi
  • Zigbee
  • LTE
  • I²S · PDM
U4
  • FreeRTOS
  • MQX
  • Embedded Linux
OS / RTOS 6 PIN
  • Yocto
  • Linux
  • Windows
U5
  • MIL-STD-461
  • MIL-STD-464
  • MIL-STD-810
  • MIL-STD-1316
STANDARDS 8 PIN
  • MIL-STD-1553
  • DO-160
  • DO-254
  • DO-174
U6
  • Altium Designer
  • KiCad
  • Proteus
  • LTSpice
TOOLCHAIN 8 PIN
  • STM32CubeIDE
  • MATLAB
  • Git · SVN
  • CI/CD · JIRA
L7 Research

Seeing below ground: radar + AI.

Mine and object detection from ground penetrating radar signals with neural networks and deep learning, running on resource-constrained embedded hardware. The subject of my M.Sc. thesis and three publications.

Pipeline

  1. 01 GPR antenna
  2. 02 Signal processing
  3. 03 Embedded ML
  4. 04 Detection
Read the study (TR) →
  1. [1] Conference 2023

    Object Detection From Ground Penetrating Radar Data Using A Deep Learning

    H. Kılıç, H. E. Koçer · Akdeniz 10th International Conference on Applied Sciences · Kyrenia · pp. 95–96

  2. [2] M.Sc. thesis 2023

    Object Detection from Ground Penetrating Radar Data Using Machine Learning on an Embedded System

    H. Kılıç · Selçuk University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

  3. [3] Journal 2022

    Mine Detection Through Ground Penetrating Radar Data Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks

    H. E. Koçer, H. Kılıç · Journal of Data Science · vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 26–33

  4. [4] Conference 2022

    Mine Detection Through Ground Penetrating Radar Data Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks

    H. E. Koçer, H. Kılıç · ICONDATA’22 · 5th International Conference on Data Science and Applications · Fethiye

L8 Blog

From the lab notebook.

Technical writing on embedded systems, AI, IoT and security — in Turkish.

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