Gabriel Wang
Principal Software Engineer at Arm
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolGabriel Wang is a Principal Software Engineer based in Cambridge with two decades of embedded C experience and a nine-year track record in roles that blend customer-facing enablement with deep platform work at Arm. He specializes in porting and optimizing firmware and middleware for resource-constrained MCUs, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like CMSIS and LVGL to improve device support and display ports. At Arm he has driven ecosystem enablement—producing reference libraries, training, and optimizations that showcase new IP to early customers while informing marketing and product decisions. His strengths include low-level system tuning (link scripts, RTX fixes, floating-point edge cases) and pragmatic UI porting for embedded displays, reflecting both breadth and hands-on craftsmanship. Colleagues know him for trying creative, resource-aware firmware ideas and for quietly translating technical books into Mandarin, a nod to his commitment to knowledge sharing. He’s also a finite-state-machine enthusiast and a cat person, combining methodical design thinking with a playful experimental streak.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Southwest University of Science and Technology
Github Skills (35)
python10
architecture10
c-programming10
c1110
microcontroller10
interpreter10
graphic10
esp826610
c1710
cmsis10
iot10
sys10
esp3210
arm10
embedded10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lvgl/lvgl
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Embedded graphics library to create beautiful UIs for any MCU, MPU and display type.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 64 commits, 96 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily contributes to the porting and configuration of the LVGL embedded graphics library, focusing on adapting it for various display and hardware setups. Their work includes addressing typos and prototype mismatches within porting examples. The user has added support for CMSIS-pack integration, including necessary configuration files and build scripts. They have also modified the configuration for memory allocation to allow the demo: widgets to run.
ui-editoraffordablempuprofessionalgraphics-library
ARM-software/CMSIS_5
Nov 2019 - Oct 2021
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 9 PRs, 20 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel contributed to the CMSIS-DSP library, primarily focusing on platform-specific support. They updated link scripts and system files for various ARM Cortex-M33 and ARMv81MML platforms, specifically the MPS3. The user also addressed versioning issues within the CMSIS core files and fixed a floating-point related issue in the RTX kernel. These commits demonstrate a focus on device support and optimization within the CMSIS framework.
cortexcortex-artoscmsismicrocontroller
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