Chaitanya Vadrevu
Principal Software Engineer at NI (National Instruments)
Earth, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChaitanya Vadrevu is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building low-level systems and device drivers, currently shaping NI’s Linux RT distribution and RTOS strategy. He has deep C++ and Linux kernel expertise from roles building PXI module drivers and RTOS releases, and earlier solved critical Android device issues across flagship Samsung models. A Texas A&M computer science master's graduate with a perfect GPA, he combines rigorous academic grounding with hands-on debugging and tooling—having developed graphical and touchscreen debug tools and automated chipset pin configuration drivers. Known for navigating cross-vendor hardware-software integrations, he repeatedly turns complex hardware bugs into production-ready solutions. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic design and deep root-cause analysis that keep real-time systems reliable at scale.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University HyderabadMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 4.0/4.0 at Texas A&M University
English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (79)
freedesktop10
yocto10
svg10
javascript10
linux10
ava10
webgl10
yocto-layer10
canvas10
chai10
cdr9
dac9
linux-kernel9
realtime9
threejs9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
chaitu236/nilrt
Jun 2020 - Mar 2025
Tools to build NI Linux RT distribution.
Contributions:7 PRs, 52 pushes, 81 branches in 4 years 10 months
linuxdistribution
ni/meta-qt5-extra
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 4 years 7 months
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