Summary
Alex Ling is an embedded systems expert with 16+ years designing and delivering BSPs and Android/Linux-based cockpit software, currently shaping seL4-based microkernel firmware at NIO. He combines hands-on kernel and driver bring-up experience from HP and Inventec with higher-level Android digital cockpit architecture work at HARMAN and Bosch, owning requirements analysis, system design reviews, and architecture refactors. Alex is fluent in ARM platforms, Linux, Android, Windows Mobile BSPs, and modern SCM/Gerrit workflows, and he frequently bridges hardware and software teams to resolve gray-area technical disputes. He is passionate about embedded open-source ecosystems and has a track record of improving development quality through tooling and process changes. Notably, he moved from device bring-up to leading architecture for connected-car cockpits, bringing deep low-level expertise into system-level design decisions.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering at 上海交通大学
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Software Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
English, Chinese