Jens Topp
Co-Founder & CEO at 9elements
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJens Topp is a firmware-focused technology leader and entrepreneur with eight years of experience bridging embedded software and hardware. As Co-Founder & CEO of BlindSpot Software and Lead Engineer at 9elements, he combines hands-on firmware development with product and team leadership across security-sensitive projects. He organizes the annual Open Source Firmware Conference, reflecting a commitment to community and open collaboration beyond his day job. Trained as an electrical engineer at TU Dortmund, Jens brings research experience in energy-efficient communications and practical skills in hardware-in-the-loop testing. Known for treating code as both craft and fun, he thrives on quickly tackling new technical challenges and bringing elegant, pragmatic solutions to complex embedded systems.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Technische Universität Dortmund
Github Skills (62)
busybox10
bootloader10
tooling10
filesystem10
software-design10
mount10
initramfs10
linux10
transparency10
kernel10
system10
go10
embedded10
vpd10
userland10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
BlindspotSoftware/dutctl
Aug 2024 - Jul 2026
DUT Control is an abstraction layer for remote hardware access
Contributions:12 releases, 26 reviews, 176 PRs in 1 year 11 months
hardware
system-transparency/stboot
Apr 2021 - Nov 2022
Paused mirror. Official repository at https://git.glasklar.is/system-transparency/core/stboot
Contributions:78 reviews, 77 commits, 38 PRs in 1 year 7 months
bootloadertransparency
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