Marius Preda
Embedded Networking Engineer at NXP Semiconductors
Romania
Summary
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Top SchoolMarius Preda is an Embedded Networking Engineer with 4 years of focused experience building IPv6 and Thread-based IoT stacks and lightweight IP solutions for microcontrollers at NXP/Freescale. He specializes in Embedded C, RTOS (MQX, FreeRTOS), low-power wireless (IEEE 802.15.4) and routing protocols, and has practical hands-on experience across PHY/MAC and network-layer features. His open-source contributions to Google's OpenThread include improving radio timing for CSL RX windows and adding DHCPv6 delegated prefix support and enhanced IPv4/IPv6 header handling, reflecting a knack for precise, timing-sensitive networking fixes. With an academic background in automatic control and digital signal processing, he combines systems-level thinking with low-level firmware craft to optimize connectivity on constrained devices. Colocated in Romania, he brings both product-focused engineering at a major semiconductor vendor and upstream open-source impact to embedded networking projects.
4 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Mathematics and Computer Science, High School, Mathematics and Computer Science at Colegiul National B.P. Hasdeu, BuzauMaster’s Degree, Digital signal processing in multimedia applications, Master’s Degree, Digital signal processing in multimedia applications at Universitatea „Politehnica” din București
English
Github Skills (13)
openthread10
embedded10
internet-of-things10
protocols10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
ipv610
network-protocol10
dhcp9
udp8
tcp8
ieee7
mesh-network7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
openthread/openthread
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
OpenThread released by Google is an open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:46 reviews, 1 commit, 9 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Marius contributed to the OpenThread project by fixing issues related to the CSL (Channel Selection and Listen) RX window, enhancing the timing mechanisms for radio operations. They also added support for DHCPv6 delegated prefixes to the Routing Manager, enabling direct configuration through a new API. Further contributions include extending and improving IPv4 and IPv6 header management with the addition of a new `Ip4::Headers` class and related methods. The user also addressed a conflict in TCP symbols.
googlewirelessipv6networkingieee-802154
marius-preda/openthread
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
OpenThread released by Google is an open-source implementation of the Thread networking protocol
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 3 days
networkingreleasedthreadopenthreadnetwork
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