Michael Schenk
Principal R&D Engineer at Hitachi Energy
Hettlingen, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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SeniorMichael Schenk is a Principal R&D Engineer and seasoned embedded software architect with over two decades of hands-on experience designing IPTV, OTT and DVB set-top boxes and in-car connectivity solutions. He led development and architecture for seven generations of a product line deployed on some 1.5 million devices, combining deep expertise in video/audio processing, media decoding, DRM and networked media protocols (HLS, UPnP/DLNA). Recently he has focused on Android AOSP–based, screen-less automotive connectivity and SoC integrations with STM/NXP, bringing practical cross-platform porting and systems-level optimization experience. He holds five patents in IP-TV and communication technologies, and is comfortable moving between low-level DSP/embedded work and higher-level Android system design. Based in Hettlingen, Zurich, Michael blends pragmatic product ownership with technical leadership, often solving non-obvious integration and synchronization challenges across hardware, OS and media stacks.
10 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (47)
network-tools10
winpcap10
sdk10
ring10
packet-parsing10
multiplatform9
lattice9
pcap9
packet9
networking9
xilinx9
linux9
windows9
aix9
upnp9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
schenkmi/buildroot-rpi-optee
Feb 2020 - Jun 2024
Buildroot RPI OP-TEE
Contributions:4 releases, 22 PRs, 44 pushes in 4 years 4 months
op-teebuildrootrpitee
schenkmi/Noser-E-Days-2021-LTTng-Tracing
Aug 2021 - Jan 2025
Noser E-Days 2021 Linux Tracing LTTng Track
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 5 months
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