Mirko Covizzi
RTOS Software Engineer at Canonical
Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolMirko Covizzi is an RTOS software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in low-level embedded systems, real-time OS development, and performance optimization. He has driven core architecture and security for SoftSIM/nuSIM and acted as modem library core architect for Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF91 series, delivering scalable multi-threaded IPC/RPC solutions used in millions of devices. Now at Canonical, he continues to focus on RTOS engineering while contributing to open-source projects like the widely used nRF Connect SDK, where he modernized modem APIs and added TLS/HTTPS support. Mirko combines rigorous engineering discipline—documentation, testing, and CI automation—with a research background in optimization, and he enjoys mentoring partners and pushing systems toward higher reliability and efficiency.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Automation and Computer Engineering, Master's degree Automation and Computer Engineering at Università degli Studi di Ferrara
English, Italian
Github Skills (15)
socket-io10
embedded10
socket10
protocols10
c-programming10
nrf-connect-sdk10
at-command10
sys10
network-protocol10
libtls9
tls139
zephyr-rtos9
tls129
mtls9
http9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:405 reviews, 33 commits, 77 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Mirko primarily contributed to the nRF Connect SDK, demonstrating expertise in embedded systems and back-end development. Their work involved implementing features related to socket options, error handling, and modem functionality. Furthermore, the user ported existing AT command-based functionality to utilize the nrf_modem_at APIs, contributing to the overall modernization of the SDK. These changes included adding support for TLS and HTTPS protocols and porting various examples and libraries to use the new APIs.
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdkinfinibandlteppp
MirkoCovizzi/thinkpad-p51-hackintosh
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:121 commits, 107 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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