Boon Ng
FPGA Development Tools Engineer at Altera
Penang, Malaysia
Summary
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Top SchoolBoon Ng is an FPGA Development Tools Engineer with eight years of embedded systems and firmware experience, currently working at Altera after a multi-role tenure at Intel where he maintained SoC FPGA hardware libraries and led HPS baremetal, bootloader, and trusted firmware work. He combines deep hands-on validation and bring-up expertise—spanning boot chains, security features, RTOS and Linux driver debugging—with a practical DIY maker mindset that turns recycled components into functional devices. Comfortable across low-level firmware, hardware validation, and driver development, he has a track record of aligning firmware architecture with test plans and shipping robust system-level solutions. Based in Penang, Malaysia, Boon pairs formal microelectronics training (MEng) with a talent for creative troubleshooting, from repairing consumer electronics to flashing custom router firmware to squeeze extra capability from existing hardware.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer and Microelectronic Systems, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer and Microelectronic Systems at Universiti Teknologi MalaysiaHigh School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Sekolah Menegah Kebangsaan LunduMedical Lab Technologies, 3.33, Medical Lab Technologies, 3.33 at Kolej Sains Kesihatan Bersekutu KuchingPrimary School, Primary School at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Chung Hua LunduBachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universiti Malaysia PahangSIJIL TINGGI PELAJARAN MALAYSIA, Physics, SIJIL TINGGI PELAJARAN MALAYSIA, Physics at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Green Road
Chinese, English, Bahasa Malaysia, teochew, bahasa sarawak, bahasa sabah, Hakka, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
ethernet10
c1710
embedded10
driver10
u-boot10
c1110
abstraction-layer10
sys10
hal10
rg9
device-tree8
mdi8
fpga7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
altera-opensource/intel-socfpga-hwlib
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year 7 months
ngboonkhai/zephyr
Dec 2021 - Sep 2022
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Contributions:45 pushes, 10 branches in 8 months
architecturesscalablegit-repositorysecuresoftware-defined-radio
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