# Mickael Renault — Sensing Firmware & Algorithms Engineer | Technical Team Lead

> Sensor firmware and algorithms engineer with 10+ years building real-time, embedded
> sensing systems across consumer electronics: sports/fitness, wearables/audio, and smart
> home products. Took products from early-stage R&D through mass-production validation at
> every scale — a venture-backed startup, a mid-size consumer-hardware company, and Apple.
> Combines hands-on depth in algorithm design and firmware architecture with real people
> leadership (led a 10-engineer distributed team from alpha through launch). Open to a
> Team Lead / Engineering Manager role in sensing firmware and algorithms.

- Name: Mickael Renault
- Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Current role: Sensor Firmware & Algorithms Engineer at Apple Inc. (Sep 2019 – present)
- Email: renault.mik@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickael-renault-embed-sw-eng
- Website: https://www.mrenault.com/
- Languages: English (fluent), French (native)

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- [Résumé (PDF)](https://www.mrenault.com/Mickael_Renault_Resume.pdf): The 2-page résumé.

## Core expertise

- Sensing & algorithms: sensor fusion, real-time calibration, motion detection & tracking,
  predictive and physics-based modeling, signal processing, 3D simulation & visualization
- Firmware: embedded architecture (ARM Cortex-M0/M4, embedded Linux), driver development,
  OTA update, factory diagnostics & validation, low-power design, BLE integration
- Leadership: team leadership & mentoring, cross-functional technical negotiation,
  end-to-end ownership (DRI), knowledge-management systems, onboarding & process design
- Languages/tools: C, C++, Python; Git, Jupyter; AI-assisted tooling & architecture

## Profile & experience

- [Home / résumé](https://www.mrenault.com/): Full profile — summary, core expertise,
  selected recent work (2025–2026), professional experience, education, skills, and awards.
- [Engineering](https://www.mrenault.com/engineering/): Professional embedded engineering
  work — GAMEGOLF PRO connected golf device and embedded sensor-fusion / motion analysis.
- [Projects](https://www.mrenault.com/projects/): Personal and entrepreneurial projects —
  STMicroelectronics IoT contest entry and the SportSense entrepreneurship project.
- [Academic](https://www.mrenault.com/academic/): Academic engineering projects — a rear
  parking aid, a CNRS GeoAzur vertical-motion seismometer, and the M.S. academic background.

## Detail pages

- [GAMEGOLF PRO](https://www.mrenault.com/engineering/GameGolfPro/): Team-lead and embedded
  firmware work behind a connected golf-swing tracker — low-power sensor architecture,
  on-device algorithms, and the path from alpha to launch.
- [Sensor fusion for golf analytics](https://www.mrenault.com/engineering/SensorFusion/):
  Motion and gesture analysis from a magnetic + inertial measurement unit — calibration and
  real-time sensor fusion (provisional US patent 62/557,225).
- [STMicroelectronics IoT contest](https://www.mrenault.com/projects/STMicroelectronics/):
  A wireless motion-based Pong game on an STM32 Nucleo board — 1st Prize, E-Same IoT Contest.
- [SportSense](https://www.mrenault.com/projects/SportSense/): Entrepreneurship project
  bringing sensor-based performance measurement to national sports training centers.
- [Academic background](https://www.mrenault.com/academic/AcademicBackground/): Coursework
  for the M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems major, at Polytech Nice Sophia.
- [Vertical-motion seismometer](https://www.mrenault.com/academic/Seismometer/): Building a
  professional seismometer with CNRS GeoAzur — analogue sensor design and a Raspberry Pi DAQ.
- [Rear parking aid](https://www.mrenault.com/academic/parking/): Designing and validating a
  rear parking aid — ultrasonic ranging, a protocol stack, and MATLAB transducer modeling.

## Beyond engineering

- [Elite athlete](https://www.mrenault.com/sport/): Competitive trampoline career — French
  National Team member (2009–2015), competition photos, and press coverage.
- [Awards](https://www.mrenault.com/miscellaneous/): STMicroelectronics Junior Project Award
  and the Entrepreneurship and Merit Awards from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.