Schema-Driven System Configuration

I help define and validate the configuration model used to describe connected devices, electrical loads, I/O assignments, control relationships, interface behavior, and network parameters in configurable embedded systems.

Much of my role is translation: turning embedded-system constraints into software requirements, representing physical relationships in the schema, and making sure the generated deployment files still describe the intended system. I reproduce configuration and export failures, test deployments against physical hardware, and help installers and software developers work from the same understanding of how the system is wired and expected to behave.

Once a configuration controls real hardware, it becomes more than a collection of settings. A stale schema, invalid assignment, missing relationship, or failed export can change how the deployed system behaves and become a physical system fault.