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01 // systems entry

Software for the physical world.

I’m Sobhi El-Safady. I build embedded, enterprise, data, and automation systems for manufacturing teams and real products.

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02 // cross-layer engineering

From embedded control to operational intelligence.

C/C++, ROS 2, WebRTC, APIs, data pipelines, ERP, MES, PLM, and the interfaces that make complex systems usable.

03 // one connected stack

Edge. Data. Product. No handoff gaps.

My work sits where hardware, product rules, customer workflows, and production software have to operate as one system.

04 // signal acquired

Enter the work.

Industrial software, mobile products, robotics, streaming, and data systems built for real operating conditions.

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02 // operational dossiers

Selected work

Manufacturing, products, and systems.

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LEDEX photometric estimator interface

Industrial lighting · Hazardous locations

LEDEX Photometric Estimator

Technical Project Manager, Software & Automation · 2025–2026

A browser-based lighting layout tool that turns catalog IES files and room geometry into a practical first-pass photometric study.

Parses catalog IES files and evaluates room geometry in the browser.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Web Workers
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Killark To Go App Store screens

Industrial electrical products

Killark To Go

Lead Software Engineer · 2024

An iOS and Android catalog that helps field teams find, cross-reference, configure, and request hazardous-location electrical products.

Shipped one React Native codebase to iOS and Android.

  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
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UGV architecture connecting a rover, edge computer, and VR operator

Robotics · Remote operations

UGV Jetson Platform

Software Engineer · Team capstone · 2025–2026

A ROS 2 rover controlled through a VR headset, with WebRTC video, LiDAR ranging, object detection, and measured edge-versus-relay performance.

Built core WebRTC, relay, base-control, LiDAR, sensor-fusion, and benchmark paths.

  • Python
  • ROS 2
  • WebRTC
  • Jetson Orin Nano
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03 // service record

Ten years of engineering, close to the operation.

From protocol stacks and embedded systems to ERP workflows, mobile products, and data platforms.

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    Apr 2026 – Present

    Vortex Health Analytics

    Software & Data Engineer

    Builds ingestion, normalization, validation, and analytics workflows across fragmented clinical, operational, and billing systems.

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    Oct 2023 – Present

    LEDEX

    Technical Project Manager, Software & Automation

    Owns software and process-automation delivery for hazardous-location products, industrial lighting, quoting, procurement, and assembly workflows.

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    Jul 2022 – Present

    Polaire Labs

    Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer

    Leads architecture and delivery for mobile applications, streaming platforms, SaaS products, APIs, integrations, and cloud deployments.

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    2022 & 2023

    TelcoBridges

    Software Engineer Intern

    Developed embedded C/C++ features in carrier-grade telephony systems and maintained Jenkins-driven system tests and CI/CD tooling.

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    Sep – Dec 2021

    Pratt & Whitney Canada

    Software Engineer Intern

    Delivered application features for aircraft-engine QA specifications, PLM workflows, engineering documents, testing, and releases.

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    Jan 2020 – Sep 2021

    Witlaken

    Software Developer

    Built Java ERP, MES, PLM, accounting, and healthcare modules with Python automation, SQL workflows, REST APIs, and CAD integrations.

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    Feb 2016 – Jan 2020

    Dialexia

    Junior Software Developer

    Implemented RFC-based SIP functionality, WebRTC and PBX services, an Android softphone, provisioning tools, QA, and production troubleshooting.

04 // subsystems

Capabilities

Where software meets hardware, product data, and operational reality.

SYS-01

Industrial Software

Configuration rules, BOMs, ERP/MES/PLM workflows, quoting, inventory, CAD/COM integrations, and process automation.

  • ERP
  • MES
  • PLM
  • BOMs
  • CAD / COM
  • Automation

SYS-02

Embedded & systems

Software across hardware and network boundaries, from protocol stacks and UART control to video, sensors, and Linux services.

  • C / C++
  • Java
  • ROS 2
  • WebRTC
  • SIP / H.248
  • Linux

SYS-03

Product & data

Production APIs, data pipelines, mobile and web applications, cloud deployments, tests, monitoring, and release automation.

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • SQL
  • React Native
  • REST APIs
  • CI / CD
Education
B.Eng. Software Engineering
ÉTS · 2020–2024
Foundation
DEC, Computer Science Technology
Cégep de Rosemont · 2017–2020