Tuomas Hiltunen
Project Manager, GNSS Firmware Development at Nordic Semiconductor
Finland
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Top SchoolTuomas Hiltunen is a GNSS and embedded systems professional with 15+ years in wireless R&D and project leadership, currently managing GNSS firmware development at Nordic Semiconductor. He blends deep signal processing and algorithm expertise from roles at u-blox and Nokia Bell Labs with hands-on embedded IoT work, notably contributing GNSS and power-management features to the widely used nRF Connect SDK for the nRF9160. Tuomas has driven MIMO and 5G/LTE research and standardization efforts while also shipping product-ready firmware and integration work across GNSS and cellular stacks. He is comfortable moving between algorithm design, low-power modem control, and project delivery, ensuring features translate from spec to silicon. Based in Finland and with advanced academic training in communications engineering, he brings both research rigor and pragmatic firmware engineering to complex connectivity problems. An under-the-radar strength is his knack for optimizing modem sleep and GNSS-assist workflows to squeeze real-world power and performance gains.
4 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. student, Communications Engineering, Ph.D. student, Communications Engineering at Tampere University of TechnologyInstitut national des Sciences appliquées de Toulouse
English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish
Github Skills (8)
nrf9110
embedded10
sys10
lte10
power-management9
c119
zephyr-rtos9
c179
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:387 reviews, 30 commits, 30 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Tuomas primarily contributed to the nRF Connect SDK, focusing on modem shell and GNSS functionality for the nRF9160 device. Their work involved enabling and disabling UARTs during modem sleep, implementing a command to set reference altitude, and injecting A-GPS data. The contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of the nRF9160's capabilities and power management features, particularly in relation to GNSS and LTE connectivity.
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdkinfinibandlteppp
hiltunent/sdk-nrf
Aug 2021 - Mar 2023
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Contributions:81 pushes, 29 branches in 1 year 8 months
nrfnrf-connect-sdksdkconnect-sdk
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