Martin Wilck
Kernel Engineer at SUSE
Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMartin Wilck is a seasoned Kernel Engineer with over two decades of Linux and open-source experience and 14+ years focused on enterprise Linux in production environments. Based in Paderborn, Germany, he currently contributes to the SUSE kernel team and has a proven track record enabling server hardware for major distributions while leading cross-functional Linux projects at Fujitsu. Martin combines deep diagnostic skills—reporting hundreds of actionable kernel and driver fixes—with hands-on development, contributing stability-focused fixes to high-profile projects like systemd and nvme-cli. He balances leadership and execution, having coordinated partner integrations, certification efforts, and license compliance while also shipping tooling that produced thousands of driver packages. Known for solving thorny systems problems persistently, he brings a scientist’s rigor from a PhD in meteorology to long-running reliability and testing improvements in core Linux infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat (Ph.D), Meteorologie, Magna cum laude, Dr. rer. nat (Ph.D), Meteorologie, Magna cum laude at Universität LeipzigDiplom, Physik, Sehr gut, Diplom, Physik, Sehr gut at Universität Göttingen
German, English
Github Skills (33)
debugging10
debug10
javascript10
shell-extension10
tab-panel10
system-programming10
python10
testing10
gnome-shell10
command-line-interface10
linux10
backward-compatibility10
c1110
gnome-shell-extensions10
nvme10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
p-e-w/argos
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
Create GNOME Shell extensions in seconds
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 10 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily focused on maintaining and updating the GNOME Shell extension, argos. Their contributions included bug fixes, such as resolving undefined property warnings and backward-compatibility adjustments for different GNOME versions. They refactored the code to align with the changing APIs of GNOME Shell, specifically adapting to changes in accessing object.actor and incorporating the AltSwitcher class. Furthermore, they updated the versioning scheme to accommodate new GNOME releases.
gnome-shell-extensiongnome-shell-extensionsgjslinuxgnome
systemd/systemd
Feb 2017 - Mar 2025
The systemd System and Service Manager
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & System Engineer
Back-end Developer & System EngineerContributions:57 reviews, 21 PRs, 297 comments in 8 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Martin's primary contributions focused on the systemd-udevd component, addressing critical issues related to device handling during system shutdown and initialization. They implemented fixes to prevent crashes caused by worker timeouts and ensured proper resource management, particularly involving the udev monitor. Furthermore, the user worked on refactoring the test suite, optimizing the test setup, and improving the testing of udev rules for device handling. Their contributions reflect a focus on system stability and reliability within the systemd ecosystem.
servicesservice-managervagrantlinuxinit
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