Emilio Benavente
Embedded Software Engineer at NXP Semiconductors
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolEmilio Benavente is an Embedded Software Engineer based in Austin, Texas, with three years of hands-on experience in low-level firmware and driver development. At NXP Semiconductors he focuses on improving performance and stability of peripheral drivers, particularly PWM and DMA, and has added board pin configurations for NXP MIMXRT and LPC55xxx series. He is an active contributor to the high-profile Zephyr RTOS project, where his fixes for duty cycle accuracy, DMA channel chaining, and RTIO support improved real-world behavior and test reliability. Emilio blends formal software development training with practical hardware-focused troubleshooting, making him comfortable moving between code, datasheets, and board bring-up. Early customer-facing and service roles shaped his pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to shipping robust embedded features on schedule.
3 years of coding experience
Permian High SchoolComputer Science, Game and Interactive Media Design, Computer Science, Game and Interactive Media Design at Sul Ross State UniversityBachelor's degree, Software Development, Bachelor's degree, Software Development at Full Sail University
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Github Skills (14)
embedded10
device-tree10
dts10
rtos10
microcontroller10
sys10
dma10
dt10
zephyr10
pwm10
embedded-language9
iot8
bluetooth-le4
bluetooth4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Aug 2022 - Apr 2025
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:469 reviews, 52 PRs, 343 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Emilio primarily contributed to the Zephyr RTOS project by fixing and enhancing drivers, focusing on PWM and DMA functionality. Their work involved resolving bugs related to duty cycle accuracy in the PWM driver and addressing missing sleep statements in a PWM test. Furthermore, they added and documented pin configurations for various boards, specifically targeting NXP's MIMXRT and LPC55xxx series, with additional support for DMA channel chaining and the addition of RTIO support. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving the performance, stability, and documentation of the embedded system.
bluetooth-lereal-timezephyrsecuregit-repository
nxp-upstream/zephyr
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Contributions:128 pushes, 32 branches in 1 year
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