Xander Huff
Principal Program Manager at NI (National Instruments)
Granby, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXander Huff is a Principal Program Manager at National Instruments with 11 years of experience leading complex software and platform initiatives in RF test and real-time systems. He currently manages the Vector Network Analyzer product swimlane and previously led the NI Linux Real-Time OS group and platform drivers, owning installers and platform services across Windows and Linux. A hands-on leader with a background in embedded drivers, installers, and release engineering, he combines C/C++ and scripting expertise (Python, Perl) with strong process improvement skills using Agile, Kanban, and Lean. He has a knack for untangling cross-team release challenges—often delivering fixes upstream into Linux RT kernels—and balances strategic program management with technical depth. Based in Granby, Massachusetts, he holds an M.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rose-Hulman and is known for improving product release pipelines rather than just feature delivery.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at International BaccalaureateM.Eng. Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.Eng. Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
German, Spanish
Github Skills (58)
linux-kernel10
realtime9
linux9
kernel9
yocto8
yocto-layer7
userscripts7
freedesktop7
gnuradio6
openembedded6
nimble6
software-defined-radio6
dac6
labview6
network-tools5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
xhuff/linux
May 2023 - Jan 2024
Linux kernel source for NI Linux Real-Time
Contributions:8 pushes, 3 branches in 7 months
xhuff/meta-openembedded
Jun 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 6 months
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