Julien Beraud
Embedded Software Team Lead at SCALINX
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolJulien Beraud is an embedded software team lead based in Paris with over 15 years of hands-on experience across RTOS, Linux kernel drivers, video pipelines and UAV flight stacks. He currently leads firmware and bootloader development for a next-generation SoC platform (A53 clusters and M55 microcontrollers), focusing on Trusted Firmware, U-Boot and secure boot chains. Julien has a strong record of shipping kernel-level drivers and PCIe/DMA solutions for FPGA-based accelerators, including notable contributions to Xilinx XDMA driver stability and IRQ handling. He blends technical leadership with deep debugging and low-level hacking skills, having managed distributed teams and complex integrations for GNSS, timing, and video products. Equally comfortable in architecture and code, he has driven Linux porting, sensor fusion and real-time pipeline designs while maintaining active open-source engagement. His unconventional background includes a year-long Pan-American driving expedition, reflecting resourcefulness and a capacity for autonomous problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Electronics and Signal Processing, Masters Electronics and Signal Processing at ENSERGLycee Berthollet Annecy
English, French, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
interrupt10
embedded10
pcie10
interrupt-handling10
device-driver10
driver10
c-programming10
linux-kernel10
sys10
javascript6
regex6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Xilinx/dma_ip_drivers
Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
Xilinx QDMA IP Drivers
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 10 commits, 7 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Julien primarily focused on improving the Xilinx QDMA IP Drivers, implementing bug fixes and optimizations related to the kernel-level drivers. Their contributions include resolving issues with thread management, interrupt handling, and descriptor handling within the XDMA framework. They also addressed build compatibility issues and implemented automatic IRQ mode selection.
driversxilinx
Parrot-Developers/ardupilot
Jun 2015 - Jan 2017
APM Plane, APM Copter, APM Rover source
Contributions:2 releases, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 1 year 6 months
servicenowapmworkbenchplanecopter
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