Jon Hunter
Senior Systems Software Engineer - Tegra Linux at NVIDIA
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Hunter is a Senior Systems Software Engineer based in Bristol with 11+ years specializing in Linux on ARM, power management, and device drivers for Tegra and other SoCs. He brings deep C and assembly expertise plus practical scripting (shell, Python) to port bootloaders, author silicon tests, and optimize software for performance and low power. At NVIDIA and previously Texas Instruments he has driven kernel upstreaming, device-tree integrations, and worked hands-on from hardware bring-up to release, routinely using JTAG, CPU trace and lab instrumentation to root-cause complex issues. Known for squeezing idle time and enabling low-power states, he blends embedded systems craftsmanship with a strong track record in customer-facing support and upstream Linux contributions.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Level Maths, Physics and Chemistry, Advanced Level Maths, Physics and Chemistry at Sir James Smith's SchoolElectrical and Electronic Masters of Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Masters of Engineering at University of Bristol
Github Skills (10)
embedded10
spi10
linux-kernel10
sys10
power-management9
serial-communication8
arm8
i2c8
mmc8
device-tree7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nvtb/linux-next
Sep 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1719 pushes in 2 years 5 months
jonhunter/linux
Apr 2015 - Mar 2025
Contributions:721 pushes, 66 branches in 10 years 1 month
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