Kip Walker
Software Engineer at Rivos Inc.
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKip Walker is a software engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience in silicon bringup, firmware, drivers, simulation and low-level debug, currently working at Rivos in Palo Alto. He built full SoC functional simulators and CPU debug/PC-trace architectures at PA Semi and led JTAG-based bringup and tooling across roles at Broadcom and Apple, combining deep hardware understanding with production software delivery. His background spans coherent 64-bit CPU simulation, MIPS/Linux SOC ports, and extensive JTAG/ICE tooling—skills that make him adept at diagnosing the most obscure silicon-software interactions. A Carnegie Mellon alumnus in CS and Math, Kip blends academic rigor with practical engineering and quietly specializes in turning complex silicon validation problems into repeatable, automated workflows.
4 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science and Math, BS, Computer Science and Math at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (13)
spike10
risc10
trust10
silicon10
simulator10
computer-architecture9
risc-v9
shadow9
protect9
integrity8
opcodes7
control-flow7
fpga5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rivosinc/qemu
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Forked from https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu
Contributions:55 commits in 1 year 4 months
kwalker27/opentitan
Apr 2024 - Feb 2025
OpenTitan: Open source silicon root of trust
Contributions:21 pushes, 5 branches in 10 months
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