Chintan Patel
System Software Development Engineer And Technical Lead at Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChintan Patel is a seasoned system software engineer and technical lead with a decade of experience driving kernel and driver bring-up for Chromebooks and other embedded platforms at Intel. He combines deep Linux kernel expertise—maintaining hundreds of patches and contributing upstream fixes—with hands-on CI/release automation and cross-functional leadership across SOC, tools, validation, and OEM partners. As the Chrome OS audio lead he integrated Sound Open Firmware into production and regularly negotiated complex backports and merges with Google engineers. Based in Hillsboro, Oregon, he’s known for resolving high-impact production incidents and shaping integration strategy while building cohesive teams that span development, support, and infrastructure. Notably, his background spans low-level embedded bring-up, Android release automation, and automotive infotainment integration, giving him a rare end-to-end view from silicon power-on to shipped product.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at NMIT, BANGALORE, INDIAMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Github Skills (22)
beagleboard9
pulseaudio9
audio9
distro8
subsystem8
music8
clap8
busybox8
linux-kernel7
linux7
kernel7
linux-distribution6
arm5
chromium1
typescript1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
joelagnel/linux-kernel
Jan 2020 - Sep 2020
Linux Kernel for OMAP / ARM (with focus on BeagleBoard)
Contributions:102 commits in 8 months
kernellinuxbeagleboardlinux-kernelarm
plbossart/sound
Sep 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:15 commits in 1 year 1 month
claplinuxsubsystemaudiomusic
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