Mark Charlebois
Director Technical Standards at Qualcomm
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolMark Charlebois is a veteran software leader with 14+ years of experience steering open source, embedded, and AI infrastructure initiatives at Qualcomm, now serving as Director Technical Standards for Server Software. He has led AI runtime and deep learning backend efforts for Qualcomm SoCs, driven Nuvia-based server ecosystem enablement, and managed cloud/edge product delivery including OpenShift operator projects. A long-time open source strategist and contributor, he’s represented Qualcomm on the Linux Foundation board, helped found LLVMLinux, and contributed code to PX4’s flight stack and other critical projects. Mark combines hands-on embedded and kernel work—patching Linux and porting microcontroller code—to strategic program leadership, improving CI/QA and upstream compliance. Notably, his contributions to PX4/jMAVSim added flexible UDP/serial connectivity and performance-focused refactors, reflecting a practical focus on both developer experience and production readiness. He holds an MEng from Simon Fraser and a BASc in Systems Design Engineering from Waterloo, blending academic robotics research with broad industry R&D.
14 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
BASc, Systems Design Engineering, BASc, Systems Design Engineering at University of WaterlooMaster of Engineering - MEng, Engineering Science, Master of Engineering - MEng, Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (10)
javas10
command-line-interface10
udp10
serial-communication10
java10
network-programming9
mavlink9
sys9
embedded9
multithreading8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/jMAVSim
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Simple multirotor simulator with MAVLink protocol support
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark significantly enhanced the simulator's capabilities by adding support for UDP and serial communication protocols. They implemented command-line options to configure the connection type and ports, improving the simulator's flexibility and usability. Further improvements include the ability to specify the IP address for UDP connections, and the addition of a basic "alive" indicator with configurable output frequency. The user refactored the main execution loop to improve performance and made other fixes.
mavlink
ATLFlight/cmake_hexagon
Dec 2015 - Jun 2017
CMake toolchain and rules for building apps for Hexagon DSP and apps processor on Qualcomm SoCs
Contributions:115 commits, 19 PRs, 89 pushes in 1 year 5 months
cmaketoolchain
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