Davide Villa
Senior Software Engineer - 5G And 6G AI-RAN at NVIDIA
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolDavide Villa is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in 5G and emerging 6G AI-driven RAN technologies, currently advancing GPU-accelerated O-RAN solutions at NVIDIA in the San Francisco Bay Area. With nine years of experience spanning industry and academia, he holds a PhD-focused trajectory in computer engineering from Northeastern University where he led experimental wireless testbeds, digital twin development, and spectrum-sharing research. His background blends deep PHY/MAC optimization, near- and real-time RAN intelligence, and hands-on software-defined radio and large-scale testbed automation. Prior roles include research science and prototyping at Raytheon and United Technologies Research Center, plus internships building 6G AI RAN platforms at Samsung Research America. He also brings entrepreneurial and operational experience as a founder/manager of a small business, an uncommon mix that sharpens his practical systems and stakeholder skills. Outside work he’s “just a DJ having fun making stuff,” hinting at a creative, hands-on approach to engineering and prototyping.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Liceo scientifico AME AgnolettiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at Northeastern UniversityMaster's degree Embedded Computing Systems, Master's degree Embedded Computing Systems at Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Università di Pisa
English, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (23)
monster9
calculator7
homebridge7
homekit6
libfdk-aac5
autoconfiguration5
golang5
camera5
onvif5
javascript4
raspberry4
discord-bot4
protect4
motion-detection4
hosting4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nyirsh/pihole-unbound
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
Run Pi-Hole + Unbound on Docker
Contributions:7 releases, 10 PRs, 67 pushes in 1 year 9 months
nyirsh/Adeptus-Aleacus
Dec 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 release, 27 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
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