Amber Hibberd is a technology and open-source leader who brings a rare combination of deep physics research training and practical engineering management to embedded systems and real-time OS safety. As a Board member of the Zephyr Project and Open Source Software Senior Engineering Manager at Intel, she shapes safety, governance, and community-driven development for mission-critical IoT software. Her background includes postdoctoral and doctoral work in quantum and electronic structure physics, which informs a rigorous, data-driven approach to systems design and verification. Known for leading with authenticity and refusing to play politics, she balances technical authority with empathetic team leadership. Based in Bend, Oregon, she excels at translating complex scientific concepts into dependable engineering practices that improve real-time system reliability.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Summa Cum Laude, Chemistry; Mathematics, B.Sc. Summa Cum Laude, Chemistry; Mathematics at Boise State University
Postdoctoral Scientist, Postdoctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Quantum Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Quantum Physics at Princeton University
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
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