Paul Olaru
Software Engineer at GlobalLogic
Focșani, Romania
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Top SchoolPaul Olaru is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in low-level and embedded systems, including OS-level work with the Linux kernel, ARM platforms, DSP firmware, and DMA/interrupt handling. He contributed to the well-known Sound Open Firmware project, implementing platform-specific fixes and initial SDMA support for i.MX8, reflecting strong hands-on firmware and hardware interface skills. After an internship and multiple roles at NXP Semiconductors, he progressed to engineering positions at Luxoft and now GlobalLogic, signaling steady growth in complex embedded projects. Based in Focșani, Romania, he holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science/Programming from University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and is intentionally broadening his scope beyond deeply embedded work. Notably, his background blends production-grade kernel-level debugging with practical improvements to audio firmware timing and memory alignment—skills that transfer well to systems-level and IoT development.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
POLITEHNICA București National University for Science and Technology
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Github Skills (15)
firmware10
directmemory10
interrupt10
embedded10
interrupt-handling10
sys10
dma10
xtensa9
audio8
digital-signal-processing8
signal-processing8
netcore6
algorithm6
linux6
haskell6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
thesofproject/sof
Jun 2019 - Dec 2022
Sound Open Firmware
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:688 reviews, 114 commits, 95 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the low-level firmware of the Sound Open Firmware project. Their work focused on platform-specific implementations, addressing memory alignment, interrupt handling, and DMA configurations for the i.MX8 platform. They implemented initial SDMA support and incorporated code to fix various compiler and runtime errors. They also made improvements to the ESAI and timer configurations.
firmwaremidiaudiodspsound
paulstelian97/sof
Jun 2019 - May 2023
Sound Open Firmware
Contributions:13 PRs, 647 pushes, 253 branches in 3 years 11 months
midifirmwaresoundaudio
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