Alexander Svensen
Staff R&D Engineer at Nordic Semiconductor
Greater Oslo Region Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Svensen is a Staff R&D Engineer with eight years of embedded systems experience, currently driving Bluetooth and audio features at Nordic Semiconductor in the Greater Oslo region. He combines a master's background in Robotics and Intelligent Systems with hands-on firmware work, contributing to flagship open-source projects like the Zephyr RTOS and the nRF Connect SDK where he’s fixed Bluetooth audio, tester frameworks, and SD card initialization issues. Comfortable across hardware and software boundaries, he has a track record of implementing BLE bonding, audio playback tweaks, and GPIO-level changes that improve product robustness. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who surfaces subtle protocol and initialization bugs that would otherwise impact device interoperability.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Robotics and Intelligent Systems - Informatics, B, Master's degree, Robotics and Intelligent Systems - Informatics, B at Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)San José State University
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (20)
embedded-language10
bluetooth-le10
c1110
microcontroller10
zephyr10
c1710
rtos10
btle10
sys10
bluetooth10
bluetooth-low-energy10
testing9
c-programming9
audio-playback9
gpio9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1303 reviews, 45 commits, 194 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alexander focused on implementing audio-related features within the nRF Connect SDK. They made changes to the nrf5340_audio application, renaming GPIO pins and modifying GPIO configurations in several files. Additionally, they modified audio playback frequency and added Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) features such as setting the random static address and adding bonding support for devices.
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdkinfinibandlteppp
zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Apr 2018 - Mar 2025
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:69 reviews, 25 PRs, 93 comments in 7 years
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributes to the Zephyr RTOS project, focusing on Bluetooth and embedded systems functionalities. Their contributions include bug fixes related to SD card initialization, Bluetooth host and audio features, and the Bluetooth tester framework. They demonstrate proficiency in the Bluetooth stack by fixing issues related to Bluetooth audio broadcasting and connection management and also improve the functionality of tests within the project.
bluetooth-lereal-timezephyrsecuregit-repository
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