Nathan Jones

Nathan Jones is an embedded systems engineer and educator focused on understanding how low-level systems behave — and how they fail. His work explores the boundary between hardware and firmware, including debugging, firmware development, and practical embedded security considerations. He is a frequent contributor to DigiKey and EmbeddedRelated, where he writes on topics including microcontroller architecture, debugging techniques, and practical embedded system design.

Nathan earned a Bachelor of Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in 2010 and a Master of Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University in 2020. He has taught digital logic, computer architecture, electrical engineering, and physics at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he developed entire courses and delivered hands-on laboratory instruction for future Army officers.

Nathan has been invited to speak at the Embedded Online Conference, CppCon, Hackaday Superconference, the Embedded Systems Summit, JawnCon, and Teardown. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, two children, and one black cat.