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Emanuele Zanardo

Emanuele Zanardo

Electronic Engineer specializing in embedded systems, firmware validation, and industrial automation.

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Professional Experiences

Engineering roles across critical power and energy storage — from product certification in the lab to commissioning in the field.

After-Sales Technician

CENTIEL

– Present

Centiel is a leading Swiss manufacturer of energy-efficient UPS systems for critical infrastructure. As an After-Sales Technician based in Cadro, I ensure the maximum reliability and availability of these systems for clients worldwide. My role requires hands-on field expertise to perform remote troubleshooting, on-site maintenance, and complex field testing and commissioning in high-tech environments, including CyrusOne datacenters. Additionally, I drive customer engagement by building strong relationships, independently managing factory witness tests, and delivering specialized technical training. To ensure continuous improvement, I collaborate closely with R&D and engineering teams, analyzing field data and recurring issues to propose actionable product enhancements.
After-Sales
UPS Systems
Field Engineering
Troubleshooting

Test & Certification Engineer

FZSONICK S.A. (HORIEN Group)

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World leader in the design and production of molten salt storage systems for backup, sustainable mobility, and energy storage. My work mainly consisted of product certification, test writing, and verification, proposing FW or HW patches to improve the product. I followed certification projects for UL 1973, UL 1741, IEC 61508, and ABS regulations.
Product Certification
Testing
Storage Systems
UL 1973
IEC 61508

Project Engineer

Elektro Solar System Sagl

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A small company in the center of Chiasso specializing in feasibility analysis, design, construction, and maintenance of photovoltaic, micro-wind, and electrical systems. I created and presented initial proposals to clients with the sizing and selected products for a high-efficiency photovoltaic system.
Engineering
Photovoltaics
Design

Food Deliverer

Italian Hamburgeria

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Managed deliveries and warehouse orders in a small business in the center of Varese.
Logistics
Order Management
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About Me

I am Emanuele Zanardo, an electronic engineer with a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from SUPSI in Lugano. My journey began at a technical institute, where I trained as an electronics technician specializing in automation — and I later took on the challenge of becoming an engineer.

Today I work as an After-Sales Engineer at CENTIEL in Cadro, helping keep energy-efficient UPS systems for critical infrastructure running at maximum reliability: field commissioning, on-site maintenance, factory witness tests, and technical training for clients worldwide. Before that, I worked as a Test & Certification Engineer at FZsonick (Horien group), stress-testing battery management systems in C and project-managing UL 1973, UL 1741, IEC 61508, and ABS certification projects.

At university I built embedded systems, developed software in several programming languages, and managed solar generation plants with storage — the same hands-on mindset I bring to every project. I now also build modern web applications and data dashboards, from schematic to deployed product.

Career

Roles and dates as listed on my CV — no filler.

  1. Jan 2026 – Present

    After-Sales Engineer

    CENTIEL · Cadro, Switzerland

    • Remote troubleshooting and on-site maintenance of energy-efficient UPS systems for critical infrastructure
    • Field commissioning and factory witness tests, including deployments in CyrusOne datacenters
    • Technical training for international clients; field-data analysis with R&D to drive product improvements

  2. Oct 2021 – Jan 2026

    Test & Certification Engineer

    FZsonick (Horien Group) · Stabio, Switzerland

    • HW & FW test engineering for battery management systems on molten-salt battery storage
    • Stress testing with C firmware patches and hardware fixes proposed to designers
    • Project-managed product certifications: UL 1973, UL 1741, IEC 61508, ABS

  3. Sep 2018 – Sep 2021

    BSc in Electronic Engineering

    SUPSI · Lugano, Switzerland

    • Practice-oriented degree with labs and semester projects, often proposed by partner companies
    • Embedded systems, software development in several languages, solar generation plants with storage

  4. Foundation

    Electronics Technician (Automation)

    Technical institute

    • Trained as an electronics technician specializing in automation before engineering school

Skills

Grouped by domain — each backed by real projects or professional work.

Hardware & Firmware

  • C Programming (Embedded)
  • STM32Cube & Keil IDE
  • ESP32 firmware development
  • Hardware & Firmware Validation
  • Product Device Certification (UL 1973, UL 1741, IEC 61508, ABS)
  • Electronic Measurement Equipment
  • PCB design & bring-up
  • Version Control (Git / SVN)

Web

  • Next.js & React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive UI
  • Vercel deployments
  • Contact & booking flows

Data & Analytics

  • Python
  • Streamlit dashboards
  • Supabase / PostgreSQL
  • Data visualization & CSV export
  • Field-data analysis
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Engineering Services

Freelance electronics engineering for your next project — hardware design, firmware development and PCB layout & testing, from schematic to tested board.

Hardware Design

Analog and digital circuit design from requirements to production-ready documentation — power supplies, sensor interfaces and control electronics sized for real operating conditions.

  • Schematic capture with full component selection and BOM
  • Design calculations and worst-case / derating analysis
  • Design review documentation and manufacturing notes

Typical engagement: fixed-scope design package — schematic, BOM and review notes in 2–6 weeks.

Firmware Development

Bare-metal C and RTOS-based firmware for STM32, ESP32 and other MCUs — written for reliability, validated against real hardware.

  • Peripheral drivers and communication stacks (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
  • Bootloader and firmware update mechanism
  • Hardware-in-the-loop validation and test report

Typical engagement: milestone-based — board bring-up first, then feature delivery, hardening and documentation.

PCB Layout & Testing

PCB layout, board bring-up and validation — DRC-clean designs ready for manufacturing, debugged on the bench, not just on screen.

  • Multi-layer PCB layout, routing and Gerber + assembly files
  • Board bring-up, functional testing and debug
  • EMC pre-compliance checks and validation test report

Typical engagement: layout from your schematic, or the full loop from schematic to tested prototype.

Indicative rate: 50 €/hour — final quote depends on project scope.

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