Summary
Utsav Balar is an Embedded Software Engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in Embedded Linux, bootloaders, kernels and BSPs for ARM SBCs and mobile devices. An active open-source contributor since 2019 with 6000+ GitHub contributions, he began by building custom AOSP ROMs and the popular immensity production kernel for multiple Xiaomi devices. He has built BSPs from scratch using Yocto, Buildroot, Debian and Ubuntu, and has hands-on experience with U-Boot, RK3399/RK3588 platforms and even Tianocore EDK2 UEFI. Equally comfortable in low-level device bring-up and full image creation, he pairs deep systems knowledge with practical DevOps workflows. Based in Surat, India, he combines formal MTech training with a restless curiosity that spans hardware design, accelerators and even human philosophy.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Uka Tarsadia University
Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Engineering, 9.51, Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Engineering, 9.51 at National Institute of Technology Meghalaya