Sachin Nikam
Senior Manager at NVIDIA
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSachin Nikam is a senior engineering leader at NVIDIA with over 16 years of experience (19 years at NVIDIA overall) driving Linux kernel, automotive safety (ISO26262) and cybersecurity (ISO21434) initiatives for production-grade SoC platforms. He leads and mentors large cross-functional teams (50+ engineers), blending hands-on C and kernel development with program leadership across the full product lifecycle using Agile practices. His work spans Linux security hardening (SELinux, dm-verity, fuzzing, PEN testing), kernel upstreaming, memory management and BSP delivery for automotive and consumer products. Sachin combines rigorous safety/security processes (MISRA-C, Coverity, SWQM) with practical chip bring-up and performance-per-watt tradeoffs, ensuring release-quality code under tight timelines. He holds multiple USPTO patents and a background in embedded systems from C-DAC and Savitribai Phule Pune University, reflecting a long-standing focus on innovation at the intersection of firmware, kernel and security. A less obvious strength is his track record of embedding security and safety tooling into engineering workflows, turning compliance artifacts into repeatable delivery accelerators.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
S.S.C., S.S.C. at Yashawant VidhyalayaB.E. Industrial Electronics, B.E. Industrial Electronics at Bharati VidyapeethH.S.C. Science, H.S.C. Science at S.P. CollegeBE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, BE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS at Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityDESD Embedded Software Development, DESD Embedded Software Development at C-DAC, Bangalore
English, Hindi, Marathi
Github Skills (24)
derived10
tegra10
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nano9
nexus9
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jetson8
optimus8
linux8
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linux-kernel8
adam5
beagleboard5
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
akatrevorjay/kernel-jetson
Mar 2012 - Jun 2018
Contributions:62 commits in 6 years 4 months
Dronevery/JetsonTK1-kernel
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:29 commits in 1 month
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