Vincent Coubard
Principal Engineer at Arm
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolVincent Coubard is a Principal Engineer with 15 years in embedded systems, currently leading teams at Arm to deliver Bluetooth and telemetry solutions for Mbed OS and the Open IoT SDK. He combines hands-on low-level development—from tiny MCUs to Android-class boards—with squad leadership and Scrum mastery to turn connectivity requirements into production-grade SDKs. His open-source contributions include security and BLE improvements to the high-profile ARMmbed/mbed-os and integrating Mbed support into the Matter project, bridging Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi and IP stacks. Known for building automated test frameworks and pushing pragmatic engineering practices (TDD, toolchain migrations, CI), he has a track record of shipping products in medical, smart home, audio and set-top domains. Based in Cambridge, he pairs deep protocol-level expertise with a talent for improving team productivity and developer-facing APIs.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Informatique, Master's degree Informatique at University of MontpellierHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Lycee Dhuoda - Nîmes - FranceTechnical University Diplôma electric and industrial IT, Technical University Diplôma electric and industrial IT at IUT de Nîmes
English, French
Github Skills (17)
mbed10
c-language10
ip10
bluetooth-le10
iot10
btle10
sys10
bluetooth10
matter-js10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
bluetooth-low-energy10
wifi9
docker8
build-automation8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ARMmbed/mbed-os
May 2016 - May 2022
Arm Mbed OS is a platform operating system designed for the internet of things
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:360 reviews, 1225 commits, 169 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Vincent's commits primarily focused on the implementation and refinement of the Nordic BLE security manager, as evidenced by the addition of skeleton code for the security manager and the modification of function signatures in the source code. They also made improvements to the testing framework by adding unit tests to the Generic GattClient. The changes demonstrate a focus on implementing security protocols.
kernelmbed-osoperating-systemlinuxmbed
project-chip/connectedhomeip
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
Matter (formerly Project CHIP) creates more connections between more objects, simplifying development for manufacturers and increasing compatibility for consumers, guided by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:69 reviews, 13 commits, 17 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Vincent has made significant contributions to the Mbed OS port for the `connectedhomeip` repository. Their work includes adding Mbed OS support to the chip platforms, integrating it into the build system, and adding example applications for lock and lighting features. The commits demonstrate a focus on integrating Mbed OS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and other features, making the platform ready for various embedded applications. Moreover, the user has also worked on enhancing build and debug scripts, improving overall development workflow within the Mbed OS environment.
connectivity-standards-alliancebuild-with-matterguidedzephyrconnectivity
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