Jérôme Pouiller
Linux Kernel Developer at INSA Rennes
Rennes, Brittany, France
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Top SchoolJérôme Pouiller is a seasoned Linux kernel and embedded systems architect with 26 years of experience building and optimizing OS internals, BSPs, bootloaders and device drivers. Based in Rennes, he currently contributes to Silicon Labs while teaching operating systems at INSA Rennes, blending industrial delivery with academic mentorship. His hands-on work spans performance profiling, kernel integration and firmware industrialization across domains from medical robots to avionics and amphibious vehicles. An active open-source contributor, he has added drivers and board support for Zephyr on Silicon Labs SiWx91x SoCs, demonstrating deep hardware-software integration expertise. He also brings uncommon breadth in product lifecycle engineering—CI, update processes, licensing and upstreaming—that keeps complex embedded projects maintainable and auditable.
26 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer Science, Engineer's degree, Computer Science at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique
French
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Github Skills (47)
realtime10
compilation10
package-management10
embedded-language10
build-system10
bluetooth-le10
cmake10
microcontroller10
linux-kernel10
io10
spi10
power-management10
zephyr10
kernel10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Jun 2023 - 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:494 reviews, 13 PRs, 469 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Jérôme's contributions primarily involve developing drivers and board support packages for the Zephyr RTOS, specifically targeting the Silicon Labs SiWx91x family of SoCs. They introduced drivers for DMA, Flash, Bluetooth HCI, Entropy, and WiFi, demonstrating expertise in integrating various hardware components. The user also added board definitions, pinctrl configurations, and support for Si7021 sensors, and addressed clock-related issues within the NS16550 UART driver, showcasing a deep understanding of embedded systems and hardware-software integration.
bluetooth-lereal-timezephyrsecuregit-repository
jerome-pouiller/reredirect
Aug 2014 - Aug 2021
Tool to dynamicly redirect outputs of a running process
Contributions:3 reviews, 29 commits, 5 PRs in 7 years
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