Alessandro Berruti
Hardware Engineer for high-performance electronic systems
10+ years building complex embedded systems across automotive, robotics, IoT, industrial and AI edge domains, from architecture and PCB design through bring-up, validation and mass production. Co-founder of a greentech IoT startup; hands-on advisor for robotics, precision timing and AI edge systems.
01 · Experience
Where I've worked
Jan 2023 – now
Co-Founder & CEO · Enercade srl
Torino, Italy
Founded a greentech startup building an IoT platform for Renewable Energy Communities. Led the company as CEO — fundraising, customer and investor meetings, go-to-market — and designed its energy monitoring and management hardware: embedded controllers, metering interfaces, LPWAN/WiFi connectivity, from prototype to field deployment.
May 2025 – now
Hardware Technical Lead · Monitor the Planet
Faenza, Italy
MECGEOS autonomous outdoor robot: four custom Altium boards, Jetson Orin compute, RTK GNSS with dual-antenna heading, safety LiDAR, stereo vision, CANopen motor control and a self-authored ROS2 stack. Also an AI surveying node: Raspberry Pi CM5, 5G, multi-GNSS and Axelera AI acceleration in a CNC aluminium enclosure with FEM-verified thermals.
Dec 2023 – now
Hardware Tech Advisor · Synchropal
Torino, Italy
Rack-mounted precision timing platform on the AMD Kria K26 SoM: ADS-B, multi-GNSS, PTP, rubidium oscillator and OCXO for sub-microsecond accuracy. Latest generation: a high-complexity SoM carrier designed solo, end to end — redundant GNSS timing, jitter-cleaned clock distribution, White Rabbit, SyncE fiber and a supervised, formally verified power system.
Dec 2023 – Oct 2024
Hardware Tech Advisor · PipeIn
Torino, Italy
All-in-one control board for a pipe-inspection rover operating in flooded pipes: STM32H745 + Raspberry Pi CM5, BLDC motor drivers, LiPo battery management, IP-rated sealing; bring-up and field validation in wet conditions.
Aug 2022 – Dec 2023
Engineering Leader · TUC.technology
Torino, Italy
Led a multidisciplinary team of 6 (HW, FW, mechanical) delivering a modular vehicle connectivity platform from concept to production. Primary technical contact for a car-maker customer; drove DFM/DFT, design reviews, validation and EMC compliance.
Jan 2022 – Aug 2022
System & Hardware Engineer · TUC.technology
Torino, Italy
Automotive connectivity module with high-speed SerDes (Ethernet 1000/100Base-T1): full cycle from schematic to 8-layer controlled-impedance PCB, designed ASIL-D ready. Hands-on bring-up, SI/PI simulation and EMC pre-compliance.
Oct 2020 – Jan 2022
Hardware Lead & Project Manager · EMA Global Engineering
Collegno, Italy
Led a hardware team of 3-4 on automotive ECU and HVAC control systems: schematic design, FMEA/DFMEA, layout oversight for safety-critical applications; validation strategy, production testing and supplier management.
Apr 2017 – Oct 2020
Firmware & Hardware Engineer · EMA srl
Collegno, Italy
Model-based embedded firmware (Simulink/C) for automotive seat control; low-power IoT nodes and EV instrument panels; power delivery simulation and battery management.
2015 – 2020
System Integrator & Embedded Developer · Alsiber.it srl
Pavia, Italy
Mechatronic control systems for firefighting robots; embedded software for access control and industrial automation.
02 · Explore my brain
What I know, mapped
A living map of what's in my head: 68 nodes across 6 regions. Click a node to see how deep it goes and the real project it comes from; click a region name to light up its connections. Always incomplete: I'm constantly learning.
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03 · Projects
Things I've built
Robotics
MECGEOS autonomous robot
Outdoor differential-drive robot: four custom boards, Jetson Orin, cm-level RTK GNSS with dual-antenna heading, safety LiDAR, stereo vision and a full ROS2 stack.
Altium · ROS2 · CANopen · RTK GNSS
AI edge
AI surveying node
360° capture node on Raspberry Pi CM5 with Axelera Metis M.2 over PCIe, 5G and multi-GNSS, in a CNC aluminium enclosure with an FEM-verified thermal design.
PCIe · MIPI CSI-2 · FEM thermal · 5G
Precision timing
Precision timing carrier
Sole designer of a high-complexity carrier for the AMD Kria K26: redundant GNSS timing receivers, jitter-cleaned clock trees with sub-picosecond budgets, White Rabbit, SyncE fiber and a supervised multi-rail power system.
Kria K26 · clock trees · White Rabbit · HDI
Robotics
Pipe-inspection rover board
All-in-one controller for a rover in flooded pipes: STM32H745 + CM5, BLDC drivers, battery management and IP-rated sealing, validated in the field, in the wet.
STM32H7 · BLDC · BMS · IP-rated
Automotive
Vehicle connectivity platform
Modular connectivity platform taken from concept to production with a team of 6; automotive-grade EMC, DFM/DFT and on-site integration at a car maker.
1000Base-T1 · 8-layer PCB · EMC
Automotive
Supercar HVAC control unit
Two-board stackable HVAC controller with illuminated HMI, protection on every I/O and ECE R10 homologation, in series production at a supercar manufacturer.
ECE R10 · conformal coating · NPI
04 · About
Engineer first, founder too
I'm an electronic engineer from Torino. I co-founded Enercade, a greentech startup building an IoT platform for Renewable Energy Communities, where I designed the hardware end to end (architecture, PCB design, manufacturing) and lived the founder side too: pitching, customers, investors, go-to-market.
That dual role, deep hardware work plus customer-facing technical leadership, is the way I like to operate. In parallel I advise robotics, precision-timing and AI edge teams, taking boards from schematic to field deployment: bring-up, signal integrity, EMC, thermal, production.
05 · Contact
Let's talk
Evaluating hardware for a new product, or need someone who can own it from schematic to the customer's site? I'll get back to you quickly.