Background

From robotics to founding Syloria

Lucas Baquey, embedded-systems engineer and founder of Syloria
The engineer behind Syloria

Technical curiosity turned into a business

I have been programming since my teens. Arduino, Raspberry Pi and then robotics were my first gateways into electronics and embedded computing.

I initially wanted to become a robotics engineer before choosing a broader education to understand the different aspects of an embedded system.

Over time, I became particularly interested in what happens between raw data and a system's decisions. This became one of Syloria's guiding themes: improving existing firmware through supervision, state management and diagnostics, while maintaining a broader firmware practice.

My background

From my first embedded systems to Syloria

2016 — 2017
FIRST LEGO League — Talence

First steps in robotics

After my first Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects at around 13–14, FIRST LEGO League strengthened my interest in understanding, programming and building robotic systems.

2017
INRIA — Flowers team

First experience in research

During my one-week school work-experience placement, I joined INRIA's Flowers team and became familiar with programming a Poppy Ergo Jr. This first experience confirmed my interest in robotics.

2019 — 2022
TSI preparatory programme — Lycée Léonce Vieljeux

Building a broad scientific foundation

I chose a programme combining mechanics, electronics, computing and engineering science so that I would not be limited to a single discipline and could understand a system as a whole.

2022 — 2025
Shark Robotics — La Rochelle · Mines Saint-Étienne

Embedded robotics engineer — Apprenticeship

From September 2022 to September 2025, I worked at Shark Robotics in La Rochelle while studying at Mines Saint-Étienne. I developed modular bare-metal STM32 firmware for a BMS subsystem: drivers, measurement acquisition, CAN communication and fault management. I also contributed to migrating Python tools to ROS 2 and coordinating the Software team's activities. This experience taught me to choose solutions suited to the context, quality requirements, cost and schedule.

July 2025
Entrepreneuriat

Founding Syloria

With a long-standing desire to start a business, I founded Syloria to keep working on varied challenges while retaining the autonomy I value as an engineer: understanding a need, proposing solutions and seeing them through to results.

November 2025 to present
Independent embedded software engineer

A focus refined through client engagements

My engagements cover firmware rework, CAN/J1939 communication, diagnostics and fault management. They have strengthened Syloria's focus on improving the reliability of existing firmware, supervision and diagnostics, while retaining a broader firmware foundation.

An entrepreneurial milestone

ISTP Alumni Award 2026 — Business Creation

In 2026, I received the ISTP Alumni Award in the ‘Business Creation’ category at my engineering graduation ceremony.

Above all, this award marks an early milestone in Syloria's development and the transition from a long-standing entrepreneurial ambition to a practical business built through client engagements.

I see it as encouragement to continue developing Syloria and deepening my expertise in embedded-system reliability, supervision and diagnostics.

Lucas Baquey with the 2026 ISTP Alumni Award in the Business Creation category
ISTP Alumni Award 2026 — Business Creation category
What I take from it
A solution only makes sense in its context

Two solutions can both be technically sound without addressing a product's needs in the same way. My approach is to first understand the existing behaviour, constraints and goal, then choose a solution proportionate to the problem rather than unnecessarily rebuilding what already works.

My skills

A technical foundation built on real embedded projects

Firmware & architecture

C / C++MiddlewareApplicatifFreeRTOSBare-metalSTM32 / TI C28x

Supervision & diagnostics

Data validationState managementFault managementCAN / J1939Diagnostic

Interfaces & integration

Drivers / HALSPII²CUARTGPIOHardware bring-up & debugging

Methods & tools

GitLinuxCMakeGoogleTestMISRACodeSonarUnit & integration testing
Technical discussion

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