Kevin Trinh Nguyen
Software Engineer — Embedded Systems & AI/Agentic Engineering
Austin, TX
Software Engineer with 4+ years at John Deere spanning embedded QA/QI and feature development on precision agriculture displays, now pivoting toward AI-assisted development and agentic engineering. I build AI-integrated knowledge systems, developer tooling, and write about the intersection of embedded systems and modern AI workflows.
Experience
Software Developer — AutoPath Team
John Deere · Austin, TX
June 2024 – Present
Feature development on Gen4OS precision agriculture displays. Delivered AB-Curves for AutoPath Boundaries (hackathon spike to 8 production stories), led 6+ story AutoPathTrackService refactoring, and discovered 5 critical threading issues in AutomationEnginePlanner. Built a 316-file AI-integrated engineering knowledge system and drove team-wide GitHub Copilot adoption from 0% to daily use.
QA/QI Software Engineer — Guidance QI Team
John Deere · Austin, TX
February 2023 – June 2024
Deep-debug specialist resolving 38 major and 60+ minor defects across Gen4OS displays. Diagnosed SIGSEGV/SIGABRT crashes, threading and concurrency defects using GDB, valgrind, and ASAN. Executed SiL and on-vehicle testing with tractors and combines.
Part-Time Software Engineer — Guidance QI Team
John Deere · Ames, IA
July 2021 – December 2022
Conducted embedded software testing while enrolled full-time at Iowa State. Resolved 24 confirmed defects using Google Test and Froglogic Squish. Refactored AutoTrac PieState logic into an independent component.
IT Technical Assistant
ISU Endpoint Technologies · Ames, IA
February 2020 – July 2021
Resolved 200+ technical support tickets. Primary Apple technician deploying Jamf Pro and custom Python scripts across campus.
Skills
Languages
AI & Agentic Engineering
Embedded & Platform
Web & Cloud
Debugging & Testing
DevOps & Tools
Education
B.S. Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
December 2022
- Vietnamese Student Association — Student Advisor
- Multicultural Vision Program Scholar
- FIRST Robotics Alumni
What You'll Find Here
- Notes on agentic engineering and AI-assisted development
- Technical deep dives and project write-ups
- Learning logs and knowledge collected along the way