Nishant Pandey

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom6 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in Linux Kernel and Device Driver development.
Experience with GPU software and memory management.
Strong background in Agile software development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in Linux Kernel and Device Driver development.

Contact

n.npandey1993@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Software InfrastructureSoftware DesignLinux Device DriverLinux Kernel

Other Skills

FirmwareData Center InfrastructureCGitLinuxMachine LearningDeep LearningJavaRBlockchainHadoopRed Hat LinuxPL/SQLBashInternet of Things

About

Experienced Software Engineer with demonstrated history of working in software industry using Agile model. Skilled in C, C++, Python, Data Structure and Algorithms, Linux Kernel, Linux Device Driver, Version Control (Git & repo) and Microservices - Dockers & containers. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Technology - MTech focused in CSE from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. Worked as GPU Software Development Engineer. This has involved user and kernel level changes in graphics drivers for memory management modules of Intel's discrete ARC GPUs. Worked on WLAN device driver (ath10k & ath11k) in Linux Kernel dedicated to Qualcomm's 11 ac/ax chipsets. Interned on project “CoAP Resource Directory” in Linux lite with Cisco's L2/L3 switches.

Experience

6 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 3 mos

Current Experience

Arm

Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · United Kingdom · Hybrid

Software InfrastructureSoftware DesignFirmwareData Center Infrastructure

Qualcomm

Senior Software Development Engineer - Linux Kernel

Jul 2022 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Linux Kernel Automotive

Linux Device DriverCGitLinux KernelLinux

Intel corporation

GPU Software Development Engineer - Grade 6

Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked as GPU software development engineer. This has involved user and kernel level changes in graphics driver for memory management modules.

Qualcomm

Engineer - WLAN Device Driver

Jul 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Device Driver Development:
Worked on kernel device driver development for ARM architecture chips and contributed to Linux wireless driver ath10k & ath11k. Added support for various features including duty cycle in BT- Coex, pktlog for RX-CBF using trace-cmd and power_save_duration for each connected client in user space. This has involved working with multiple teams to develop, test & support and release the product.
Automation:
Design and implementation of tools and scripts to generate a solid test framework to compile and test the ath kernel during development process.

Internshala

Campus Ambassador - NIT Trichy

Sep 2018 – Nov 2018 · 2 mos · Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

Chegg inc.

Subject Matter Expert - Computer Science

Jun 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr · India · Remote

Cisco

Intern

May 2018 – Jul 2018 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked upon project named “CoAP Resource Directory” to be implemented in accordance with that stated in draft-ietf-core-resource-directory-13, which aims at modification of existing CoAP code, based on RFC 7252, for implementation of CoRE Resource Directory draft-ietf-core-resource-directory-13.