Curt Brune
Distinguished Engineer at NVIDIA
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolCurt Brune is a distinguished engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience building reliable hardware and software systems, currently shaping AI networking at NVIDIA. He combines deep expertise across embedded systems, Linux kernel development, firmware, secure boot/TPM, and the ASIC/software boundary with practical experience in Rust, networking, and multi-cloud services. His background spans startups and industry leaders—from founding an embedded consultancy and co-founding Workspot to leading networking platform work at Cumulus and Signal—demonstrating a rare mix of low-level systems craftsmanship and product-focused architecture. Known for getting his hands dirty in boots, kernels, and device drivers, he also excels at team building, mentoring, and bridging hardware partners with software stacks. A physicist by training, Curt brings analytical rigor to complex system design and an appetite for continual learning and reverse-engineering to drive robust, scalable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Physics, B.S., Physics at University of California, DavisM.A., Physics, M.A., Physics at UC Santa Barbara
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (78)
bootloader10
ansible10
protected10
installer10
network-automation10
networking10
openflow10
message-passing9
fpga9
messenger9
c119
soc9
signal9
hardware9
kotlin9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cbrune/enkit
Apr 2021 - Jun 2024
Toolkit for lean builds and team management.
Contributions:32 pushes, 35 branches in 3 years 2 months
buildsleanteam-management
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