Nikhil Nilakantan
Embedded Software Engineering Manager at Apple
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolNikhil Nilakantan is an embedded software engineering manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 12 years of experience building wireless and Bluetooth firmware, primarily at Apple. He progressed through hands-on roles from Bluetooth firmware developer to senior wireless engineer and now manages embedded teams, blending deep technical expertise with people leadership. A Carnegie Mellon MS graduate, he has a strong foundation in low-power microcontroller development and end-to-end product integration from internships and early-career firmware roles. He’s known for being outgoing, charismatic, and creative—traits he leverages to mentor teams and present technical work to senior stakeholders. Beyond management, he maintains a practitioner’s mindset, comfortable diving into ARM Cortex-M firmware and wireless stack nuances when projects demand.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University's College of EngineeringHigh School, High School at Singapore American School
English, Kannada, Chinese, HindiGithub contributions (4)
NikhilCMU/Coding_Projects
Nov 2013 - Feb 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 3 months
aditn/18549-Project
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:17 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
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