Benjamin Gaignard
Senior Software Engineer at Collabora
Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
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Top SchoolBenjamin Gaignard is a Senior Software Engineer with 16 years focused on embedded Linux, multimedia stacks, and system architecture, currently at Collabora in Le Mans. He has deep C/C++ and ARM expertise across kernel, U-Boot, Yocto, GStreamer and BSP work, combining driver development with open-source stewardship and licensing knowledge. Previously he shaped STM32MP1 software as a system architect and maintained a Linux display driver, and earlier contributed kernel and GStreamer work at Linaro and ST-Ericsson. Benjamin regularly bridges low-level kernel drivers and higher-level multimedia frameworks, making him adept at end-to-end embedded system delivery. He also brings proven technical leadership and public speaking experience from Embedded Linux Conference engagements, reflecting both community influence and hands-on engineering. An uncommon strength is his sustained focus on multimedia integration across board ports and upstreaming, ensuring production-ready, upstream-friendly solutions.
15 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
DUT, Electronics and software, DUT, Electronics and software at Université d'AngersDESS (master degree), Real time computing and embedded software, DESS (master degree), Real time computing and embedded software at Le Mans Université
English
Github Skills (60)
driver8
testing8
bitbake8
drm7
firmware7
linux7
kernel7
api7
embedded7
manjaro6
pipeline6
linux-kernel6
benchmark6
freebsd6
opengl5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
benjamingaignard/fluster
Feb 2021 - Dec 2024
Testing framework for decoders conformance
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
testingconformancetesting-frameworkdecoders
benjamingaignard/kernelci-pipeline
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Modular pipeline based on the KernelCI API
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
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