Rikard Söderström
Embedded Linux Software Engineer at Permobil
Västernorrland County, Sweden
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Top SchoolRikard Söderström is an Embedded Linux Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building reliable Linux-based systems from device drivers to cloud integrations. After an early career as a consultant on safety-critical and telecom projects, he now focuses on Embedded Linux at Permobil, regularly working with Yocto, SocketCAN and Linux system tooling. Skilled in C/C++, Python and build/release ecosystems, he bridges low-level driver work and higher-level cloud solutions—having shipped both device driver projects and Linux-in-the-cloud initiatives. A committed open-source enthusiast, Rikard treats coding as clear, expressive authorship and brings a restless curiosity that leads him to dive deeply into whatever technical challenge he encounters.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Engineering at The Institute of Technology at Linköping University
Swedish, English
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Github Skills (57)
client-server9
openembedded9
endpoint9
cpp9
c-library8
synchronous8
libuv8
embeddable8
bidirectional8
libev8
sshd7
beast7
signaling7
freertos7
libevent7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
soderstrom-rikard/linux-common-configuration
Jan 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
soderstrom-rikard/meta-sunxi
Aug 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 48 pushes in 1 year 2 months
allwinnersunxiopenembeddedopenembedded-layer
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