Philippe Kehl
Señor Software Engineer & Team Leader at u-blox
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilippe Kehl is a senior software engineer and team leader with 11+ years at u-blox, bringing deep embedded software and Linux networking expertise to the semiconductors and GNSS/satellite space. He combines hands-on firmware and system-level hacking with technical leadership, guiding teams from prototype to product in a hardware-constrained environment. His background includes academic research at ETH Zurich (Dipl. Kultur-Ing., Dr. sc.) and diverse early-career roles from helpdesk to independent contracting, giving him rare breadth across support, consulting, and research. Known for enjoying satellite-related challenges, he leverages strong systems thinking to solve tricky integration and reliability problems that span software, networking, and embedded hardware.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Dipl. Kultur-Ing. ETH, Dr. sc. ETH, Allencheibs, Dipl. Kultur-Ing. ETH, Dr. sc. ETH, Allencheibs at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
German, English
Github Skills (78)
cpp10
game-development10
game-engine10
imgui10
photoswipe10
prompt10
plot10
api10
receiver10
user-interface10
graphical-user-interface10
gpx9
music9
shell9
perl9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
phkehl/apq2gpx
Oct 2017 - Nov 2022
AlpineQuest landmark files to GPX converter
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 5 years 2 months
gnssgpxmapping
phkehl/lms-plugins
Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 9 commits, 32 pushes in 10 months
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