Håkon Alseth
Senior Staff Application Engineer
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolHåkon Alseth is a Senior Staff Application Engineer based in Trondheim with 11 years of experience at Nordic Semiconductor, combining deep embedded systems expertise with hands-on IoT development. He specializes in low-level system programming and hardware integration, contributing to the widely used nRF Connect SDK on features like socket offloading, IPv6 support, BSD library enhancements, and secure-boot peripheral configurations. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he has fixed GPS issues and added NRF_DPPIC support—work that sits at the intersection of firmware, networking, and silicon. With a BSc in Electronics and Computer Science from HiST, Håkon brings steady product-focused engineering and a track record of shipping reliable, device-level solutions for constrained systems.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Electronics and computer science, Bachelor of Science, Electronics and computer science at Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag (HiST)
Github Skills (12)
embedded10
zephyr-rtos10
system-programming10
c-programming10
sys10
networking9
bluetooth9
bluetooth-le9
nrf918
gps8
security8
ipv68
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Oct 2018 - Nov 2021
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 22 commits, 26 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Håkon Alseth's contributions primarily focused on low-level system programming and hardware integration within the nRF Connect SDK. His work involved socket offloading, IPv6 support, and enhancements to the BSD library. He added timer configurations and other peripherals to secure boot samples. Moreover, he contributed to fixing GPS-related issues and adding support for the NRF_DPPIC peripheral.
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdkinfinibandlteppp
Rallare/fw-nrfconnect-nrf
Nov 2018 - Nov 2022
nRF Connect SDK nrf tree
Contributions:25 commits, 76 pushes, 47 branches in 3 years 11 months
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdksystems-programmingsdksdk-nrf
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