About
Profile
19-year-old IT Systems Electronics apprentice (IT-Systemelektroniker) at R2P GmbH in Flensburg, Germany. Working at the intersection of hardware and software — from soldering embedded targets to writing Go parsers that consume the data those targets produce.
Previously completed a 3-year ITA apprenticeship at RBZ-Eckener covering MATLAB, Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose, Docker, electrical engineering, and networking. Volunteer firefighter. Always building.
Field
Embedded Systems & Hardware
Low-Level Programming
Networking & OpSec
Digital Logic / FPGA
Home Lab & Self-Hosting
PCB Design (KiCad / EasyEDA)
Signal Analysis & Messtechnik
Skills
Hardware
ESP32 · ATmega · Arduino Mega · STM32 · Tang Nano 9K · Raspberry Pi · Oszilloskop · Signalgenerator
Languages
C++ · Go · C · Kotlin · Java · Python · Assembly (learning)
Protocols
SPI · I2C · UART · PWM · TCP/IP · VLANs · VPN
Tools
Docker · Linux · Git · KiCad · EasyEDA · TIA Portal · VS Code
Spoken
Latvian · Russian (native) · German C1 · English C1 · Danish A2 · Mandarin (learning)
Currently
Apprenticeship
IT-Systemelektroniker @ R2P GmbH — finishing summer 2027
Learning
Go · CCNA (May 2026) · Tang Nano 9K FPGA · Calculus
Building
GO-CORE-LAB · richardzuikov.com · Home lab
Reading
Fourier & Laplace · Dostoevsky · Orthodox Study Bible
Interests
Chess · Strength training · Soldering · Traveling · Cooking