Marcel Ziswiler
Senior Software Engineer at ZisiSoft GmbH
Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMarcel Ziswiler is a Senior Software Engineer and founder with 18 years of experience specializing in embedded Linux, board support packages and hardware/software integration. He led Toradex’s Embedded Linux BSP team for over a decade, contributes upstream to the widely used U-Boot bootloader (adding support for Toradex modules like Apalis-TK1 and Verdin AM62), and teaches Linux seminars from his earlier Noser role. Marcel holds an MSc in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and an Embedded Systems certificate from UCI, combining academic rigor with practical product delivery. Based in Lucerne, he now splits his time between engineering at Codethink and running ZisiSoft GmbH, bringing both hands-on kernel/boot expertise and entrepreneurial drive. An uncommon asset is his long track record of optimizing boot-time behavior for real-world hardware, making him a go-to problem solver for embedded bring-up and system integration.
18 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichPremier Lieutenant Cyclist Soldier, Premier Lieutenant Cyclist Soldier at Offiziersschule ThunCertificate Embedded Systems Technologies, Certificate Embedded Systems Technologies at University of California, Irvine
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Github Skills (16)
bootloader10
arm10
embedded10
device-tree10
u-boot10
architectures10
sys10
system-integration10
integrations10
boot10
architecture10
hardware-interface10
mmc9
linux-kernel6
yocto6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
u-boot/u-boot
Aug 2023 - Aug 2023
"Das U-Boot" Source Tree
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 PRs, 3 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Marcel's commits primarily involve modifications to the U-Boot bootloader for the `u-boot/u-boot` repository. These changes focus on supporting and adapting U-Boot for specific embedded systems, particularly those from Toradex. The user implemented support for new hardware revisions and modules, including the Apalis-TK1, and the Verdin AM62, enhancing the boot process and device tree configurations. They also optimized boot-time settings for specific hardware setups.
u-boot
ziswiler/openwrt
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
This repository is a mirror of https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git It is for reference only and is not active for check-ins or for reporting issues. We will continue to accept Pull Requests here. They will be merged via staging trees then into openwrt.git. All issues should be reported at: https://bugs.openwrt.org
Contributions:17 commits, 55 pushes, 16 branches in 2 years 5 months
openwrt
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