Hidenori Kobayashi
Software Engineer at Google
Chiyoda, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolHidenori Kobayashi is a software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in low-level, embedded, and tooling work, currently contributing to ChromeOS camera kernel subsystems at Google. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Keio University and was a visiting scholar at Columbia, bringing research rigor to production engineering. His open-source contributions include writing C++ driver wrappers and platform integrations for the widely used PX4 Autopilot project, demonstrating practical hardware interfacing on Raspberry Pi and Navio2. At Google he also developed a Rust tool for kernel event log analysis, showing a penchant for modern safe systems languages alongside traditional kernel development. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, he combines embedded sensor driver expertise with systems-level tooling and a researcher's attention to correctness.
9 years of coding experience
Visiting Scholar, Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the City of New YorkDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Keio University
Japanese, English, deutch
Github Skills (14)
embedded10
drones10
c-language10
px410
device-driver10
raspberry-pi10
driver10
cprogramming-language10
autopilot10
sys10
pwm9
cmake9
autonomy8
ros5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
PX4 Autopilot Software
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 3 PRs, 19 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Hidenori contributed to the PX4 Autopilot software by developing a driver wrapper for the MS5611 pressure sensor, specifically designed for the Raspberry Pi platform. Their work involved writing and integrating C++ code to interface with the sensor using the DriverFramework, including initializing the device and publishing sensor data. The user also modified CMake configuration files and integrated drivers for the Navio2 platform, including RC input and PWM output functionalities.
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HidenoriKobayashi/comprehensive-rust
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
This is the Rust course used by the Android team at Google. It provides you the material to quickly teach Rust.
Contributions:33 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 6 months
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