Summary
Vaibhav Hiremath is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at AMD with over 18 years of embedded software experience spanning board bring-up, firmware (ROM/Flash), Linux kernel and device driver development across multiple TI SoCs. He has deep hands-on expertise in boot-to-kernel bringup, maintaining core upstream drivers (OMAP3 V4L2 display, AM335x baseport) and contributing Linux-facing feedback into SoC design. A two-time Titan Award recipient, he combines field-facing customer support with upstream engineering, having led platform bringups for Project Ara and upstreamed PMIC and SDHCI changes. His work touches security-relevant areas such as ARM TrustZone and USB-PD/Type-C firmware, reflecting a breadth from low-level firmware to system power management. Based in Bengaluru, he is known for early-stage design input that reduces integration risk and for translating complex hardware quirks into maintainable upstream drivers.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and TeleCommunications Engineering, Distinction, Bachelor's degree, Electronics and TeleCommunications Engineering, Distinction at ADCET
Marathi, Kannada, Hindi, English