Nickle Wang
System Software Engineer at NVIDIA
Taipei, Taiwan
Summary
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Top SchoolNickle Wang is a system software engineer with 8 years of focused experience in firmware and BIOS development, currently contributing to NVIDIA after leading BIOS core efforts at HPE. He brings deep UEFI and low-level systems expertise evidenced by contributions to the widely used tianocore/edk2 project, where he fixed Secure Boot and emulator network issues and implemented EMU protocols. His background spans pre-boot security, USB/XHCI work on modern platforms, and embedded network stacks from roles at Phoenix and Wistron Neweb, combining C/C++ firmware design with practical hardware interface know-how. Based in Taipei, he pairs master’s-level computer science training with a hands-on mindset—“practice makes perfect”—and a track record of turning subtle firmware bugs into robust, secure solutions.
7 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at National Chung Cheng University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (5)
c1710
firmware10
uefi10
c1110
python7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
tianocore/edk2
May 2018 - Sep 2022
EDK II
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Firmware Engineer
Back-end Developer & Firmware EngineerContributions:20 reviews, 8 commits, 52 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nickle primarily contributed to the `edk2` firmware repository by fixing issues related to Secure Boot configuration and variable handling. They addressed a bug in `SecureBootConfigDxe` that was causing invalid NV data issues by checking the return value of `HiiGetBrowserData()` before calling `HiiSetBrowserData()`. In addition, the user also fixed an assertion in `SetupBrowserDxe` and enabled network support in the emulator by implementing EMU_IO_THUNK_PROTOCOL and EMU_SNP_PROTOCOL. The contributions demonstrate strong knowledge of UEFI and firmware development.
uefipythonfirmwarec
nicklela/edk2
Jul 2021 - Apr 2025
EDK II
Contributions:5 reviews, 10 PRs, 501 pushes in 3 years 9 months
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