Sathish Narasimman
Firmware Engineer at Intel Corporation
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSathish Narasimman is a firmware engineer with 9 years of deep expertise in embedded Bluetooth, UEFI/BIOS integration, and cross-platform driver development, currently driving Bluetooth firmware for Intel platforms from protocol layers (LC/LL/LM) to full UEFI BIOS stacks. He has a strong record of solving complex link-layer and controller bugs, developing power-control features, and architecting single-threaded UEFI solutions to meet constrained firmware requirements. An active open-source contributor, Sathish added Link Layer Privacy, mSBC support and implemented features like Volume Control Profile and Coordinated Set Identification Service in the flagship BlueZ tree, demonstrating influence on the broader Linux Bluetooth ecosystem. He also pioneered LE audio innovations—building the first proprietary LE audio remote control and integrating voice-command libraries—and created a high-fidelity traffic simulation tool for Marvell controllers. Comfortable across Linux, Android, Windows, ChromeOS and Zephyr, he combines low-level protocol fluency with practical tools and QA ownership to accelerate platform bring-up. Based in Bengaluru, he blends curiosity-driven R&D with production-grade driver and firmware delivery.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Anna University Chennai
Github Skills (11)
c1710
bluetooth-le10
c1110
bluetooth10
gatt9
sys9
back-end-development9
embedded9
uuid8
bluetooth-low-energy8
linux7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
bluez/bluez
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Main BlueZ tree
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Sathish contributed significantly to the `bluez/bluez` repository, focusing on the implementation of the Volume Control Profile (VCP) and Coordinated Set Identification Service (CSIS) within the Bluetooth protocol stack. Their work included adding necessary UUIDs, initial code for handling VCP, and adding decoding support for relevant attributes. The commits also involved the creation of a VCP plugin, showcasing their ability to integrate new functionalities within the Bluetooth stack. Further contributions involved the addition of debug functionality and updates to the UUID database for related services.
bluezbluetoothbluetooth-le-audiobluetooth-low-energybluetooth-mesh
cfriedt/zephyr
Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:38 commits in 7 months
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