Mesih Kilinc
Embedded Software Engineer at Witekio
Ames, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMesih Kilinc is an embedded software engineer and scientific programmer with a decade of hands-on experience spanning Linux/Android bring-up, kernel and driver development, robotics, and bioinformatics research. Currently at Witekio, he focuses on Yocto, kernel configuration, and Android enablement for custom hardware, building on earlier work creating FPGA drivers and TCP/IP systems for real-time platforms. His research at Iowa State blends deep learning language models with practical bioinformatics—developing a novel protein homology search (PROST), custom BLAST modifications, and HPC-configured pipelines—demonstrating uncommon fluency across biology, HPC, and system software. Mesih holds advanced degrees in computer engineering and is pursuing a PhD in Bioinformatics, combining rigorous academic methods with production-focused engineering. He’s motivated by solving biological problems like disease and pollution, and often bridges gaps between hardware, low-level systems, and machine learning in ways that accelerate research-to-deployment.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.83 / 4.00, Master of Science, Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.83 / 4.00 at Gebze Technical UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, 3.85, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, 3.85 at Iowa State UniversityBachelor of Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering at Istanbul Technical University
Turkish, English
Github Skills (11)
directmemory10
avcodec10
embedded10
device-tree10
linux-kernel10
sys10
dma10
codec10
c-programming9
soc9
driver8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MesihK/linux
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Linux kernel source tree
Contributions:68 commits, 54 pushes, 5 branches in 10 months
kernelmanjarokernel-sourcelinuxlinux-kernel
MesihK/prost
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:12 releases, 26 commits, 32 pushes in 7 months
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