Ard Biesheuvel
Software Engineer at Google
France
Summary
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Top SchoolArd Biesheuvel is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of deep experience in low-level and embedded systems, currently contributing at Google from France. He has held principal engineering roles at Arm and Linaro and led kernel and embedded teams at TomTom, bringing strong expertise in ARM architecture, firmware (UEFI/EDK II), and Linux kernel development. Ard’s open-source contributions include high-impact kernel optimizations—accelerated CRC-32 using ARM64 PMULL in the mainline Linux tree—and low-level fixes and re-architecture work in the prominent tianocore/edk2 firmware project. Known for solving concurrency and memory-attribute challenges in constrained environments, he blends systems thinking with pragmatic engineering to improve performance and reliability. He pairs a Delft University of Technology background with a track record of shipping production-grade, hardware-near software across consumer and infrastructure platforms.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., B.Sc. at Delft University of Technology
Github Skills (32)
uefi10
assembly10
controller10
qemu10
architecture10
firmware10
risc-v10
interrupt-handling10
c-programming10
c1110
edk210
linux-kernel10
c1710
kernel10
interrupt10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
tianocore/edk2-platforms
May 2021 - Jan 2023
EDK II sample platform branches and tags
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 11 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Ard primarily focused on platform-specific adaptations within the EDK2 environment, specifically for ARM-based systems. Their work involved fixing platform-specific ACPI table issues for the Raspberry Pi and refactoring dependencies on nor flash libraries. Significant commits include cloning and adapting the NorFlashDxe driver and related components, demonstrating familiarity with low-level system software and hardware interfaces. Furthermore, they addressed issues related to the SynQuacer and ARM platform's boot monitor, adjusting dependencies and incorporating local definitions for supporting libraries.
branchestags
tianocore/edk2
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
EDK II
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:282 reviews, 50 commits, 387 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ard primarily contributed to the low-level firmware of the EDK2 project, focusing on ARM-specific hardware interactions. The contributions included fixing interrupt-related issues in the GIC (Generic Interrupt Controller) driver, re-architecting the memory attributes protocol implementation and refining the stack management and memory allocation within the context of the UEFI DXE environment. They addressed concurrency issues by implementing compare-and-exchange operations and added memory region attribute support, demonstrating a strong understanding of ARM architecture and firmware development principles.
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