Niccolò Izzo
Senior Product Security System Architect at MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR ITALIA S.R.L.
Vignate, Lombardy, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolNiccolò Izzo is a Senior Product Security System Architect with 11 years of experience specializing in memory security and microarchitectural side-channel defenses, currently advancing secure storage for Micron’s enterprise, mobile and automotive products. He holds a PhD cum laude from Politecnico di Milano for work on emerging memory attacks and reverse-engineering DRAM mappings, and has authored over 20 patents in secure storage architectures. His background spans practical low-level engineering—implementing a Qualcomm Hexagon frontend for QEMU and contributing UI and embedded features to the OpenRTX radio firmware—bridging research-grade vulnerability analysis with production security design. Comfortable moving between compiler/emulation internals and hardware-oriented threat models, he brings a rare blend of academic rigor and hands-on firmware experience. Based in Lombardy, Italy, he combines a deep understanding of DRAM attack vectors with product-focused mitigation strategies for high-volume memory systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Awarded cum Laude, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Awarded cum Laude at Politecnico di Milano
Github Skills (12)
c1710
firmware10
embedded10
fm-radio10
stm10
c1110
sys10
graphic9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
i2c8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
OpenRTX/OpenRTX
Mar 2020 - Nov 2022
Modular Open Source Radio Firmware
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer
Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:191 commits, 5 PRs, 588 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Niccolò primarily contributed to the OpenRTX radio firmware, implementing core functionality and improving the user interface. They added an initial main file with display functionality, refactored the graphics library for the monochrome displays, implemented the drawing of a battery icon and added a M17-specific display screen, adding basic UI components and the logic for handling the macro menu. Furthermore, the user addressed various bugs throughout the project.
firmwarestm32sdl2hamdmr
n1zzo/presence
Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:26 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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