Maxime Coquelin
Principal Software Engineer at Kernel.org
Caen, Normandy, France
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Top SchoolMaxime Coquelin is a Principal Software Engineer based in Caen with nine years of deep expertise in Linux kernel architecture, device driver design, and low-level debugging. At Red Hat he drives complex virtualization and DPDK-related kernel work, building on earlier roles at STMicroelectronics and ST-Ericsson where he led ARM SoC bring-ups, upstreaming to mainline, and on-site customer support for set-top and Android platforms. He maintains ARM platform code on kernel.org (STi professionally, STM32 as a hobby), underscoring a long-standing commitment to upstream collaboration and embedded systems. Comfortable with post-mortem RAM dump analysis and JTAG workflows, he brings a forensic approach to stabilizing production kernels. Known for translating challenging silicon bring-up issues into maintainable upstream patches, he combines systems-level rigor with pragmatic customer-facing engineering.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Electonics, Bachelor, Electonics at DUT GEII, IUT RennesMaster, Major, Master, Major at IUP MIME, Le Mans
English, French
Github Skills (17)
c1110
networking10
c1710
dataplane10
dpdk10
openvswitch10
testing9
linux9
automations8
performance-tuning8
performance-analysis8
automation8
performance-measurement8
system-design8
performance-monitor8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
guy-davidi/dpdk
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Data Plane Development Kit
Contributions:26 commits in 11 days
development-kitplanedata-plane
missinglinkelectronics/dpdk-stable
Mar 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:64 commits in 3 years 10 months
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