Jose De Souza
Graphics Software Engineer at Intel Corporation
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolJose De Souza is a graphics software engineer with 13 years of experience building low-level, performance-sensitive systems and firmware, currently developing features for Mesa at Intel in São Paulo. He has deep expertise in embedded systems, kernel graphics drivers, and autopilot firmware—contributions include PIX4/AeroFC hardware bring-up, MAVLink routing improvements, and kernel work for Intel Xe graphics. Jose blends hardware-level debugging, driver integration and system architecture, having led GPU bring-up, simulation testing, and upstreaming for OEM releases. An open-source enthusiast, his work appears in high-profile projects like PX4, MAVLink Router and the Linux kernel, where he focused on reliability, logging and memory mapping nuances. Notably, he pairs firmware-level I2C/ADC/FPGA experience with higher-level graphics stack development, enabling end-to-end platform solutions. Fast-learning and science-driven, he thrives on stabilizing complex hardware-software interactions and shipping production-grade systems.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at Wyden
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (38)
uart10
c-language10
px410
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mavlink10
hardware-interface10
firmware10
c1110
abstraction-layer10
linux-kernel10
integrations10
graphic10
c1710
i2c10
kernel10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mavlink-router/mavlink-router
Nov 2016 - Jul 2018
Route mavlink packets between endpoints
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:45 commits, 22 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the `mavlink-router` project by implementing features related to routing MAVLink packets, fixing bugs, and optimizing performance. They added support for using broadcast addresses, corrected initialization issues in UART endpoints, and implemented checks for valid message IDs and CRCs to improve efficiency. Furthermore, the user integrated message statistics reporting and ULog support for enhanced debugging and monitoring, demonstrating a focus on system reliability and logging.
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PX4/PX4-Autopilot
Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
PX4 Autopilot Software
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:79 commits, 38 PRs, 106 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the PX4 Autopilot Software project by enhancing the AeroFC autopilot firmware. Their work included modifications to the uploader tool for firmware updates, such as rebooting and setting baud rates. They also made several board-specific changes, including removing and adding configuration for GPIO, ADC, UARTs, SPI and I2C busses for the AeroFC hardware platform, removing and adding support for modules, and integrating drivers for sensors like the IST8310 and the LeddarOne lidar. Furthermore, they refactored parts of the code for the commander and added the arm authorization features, demonstrating a deep understanding of the autopilot's firmware and hardware integration.
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