Alexander Smirnov
Software Engineer at CARIAD
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Smirnov is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience specializing in embedded systems, ARM architectures, operating systems and automotive platforms. He combines deep low-level technical expertise—device drivers, networking, virtualization and custom OS development—with proven managerial skills in Agile and Scaled Agile environments, including team formation and customer negotiation. Alexander has strong domain knowledge in AUTOSAR Adaptive, ASPICE processes and automotive infotainment, and practical toolchain experience with Vector AMSR and Elektrobit Corbos Studio. A longtime open-source contributor, he maintained the IEEE802.15.4 stack and owns the 6LoWPAN implementation in the mainline Linux kernel, demonstrating an ability to move critical wireless networking code into production kernels. Based in Wolfsburg, he pairs systems-level engineering with hardware fluency (ARM and x86) and a track record of starting and delivering new projects. Outside of work he channels creativity as the founder and guitarist of the rock band "The Gussi," reflecting an unconventional blend of technical rigor and collaborative creativity.
15 years of coding experience
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Github Skills (24)
moto9
samsung-galaxy8
galaxy7
kernel7
hypervisor7
virtualbox6
virtual-machine6
hyper-v6
dom5
ubuntu5
linux5
windows5
qemu5
samsung5
json-parser4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
alex-bluesman/project-saturn
Jul 2019 - Feb 2023
Lightweight AArch64 Hypervisor
Contributions:1 release, 37 commits, 106 PRs in 3 years 6 months
hypervisoraarch64arm64baremetal
alex-bluesman/saturn-rust
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Rust port of Project Saturn hypervisor
Contributions:6 PRs, 4 pushes, 4 branches in 2 days
hypervisorrust
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