Karun Kumar
Senior Software Engineer 1 at Nordic Semiconductor
India
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Top SchoolKarun Kumar is a Senior Software Engineer with over 3 years at Nordic Semiconductor and a decade-long embedded systems background across Redpine Signals and Imagination Technologies, specializing in Wi‑Fi firmware and radio layers. He contributes to the high-profile nRF Connect SDK, delivering bug fixes and features across UMAC/LMAC/PHY that improve stability, regulatory compliance, and hardware compatibility. His work shows deep protocol-level expertise—resolving disconnection and packet vulnerabilities and adding radio test modes and band-edge handling. Trained in embedded systems (PG Diploma, CDAC Hyderabad) with a BTech in ECE, he blends hands-on firmware engineering with pragmatic system-level thinking to ship reliable IoT connectivity.
3 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design, PG Diploma in Embedded Systems Design at CDAC HYDERABADBachelor of Technology (BTech), Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electronics and Communications Engineering at Regency Institute Of Technologygv&kbm school
Github Skills (11)
c1710
firmware10
embedded10
c1110
sys10
cryptography5
bluetooth-low-energy5
btle5
bluetooth-le5
rtos4
rt4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 3 commits, 48 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Karun's primary contributions involve updating firmware patches within the nRF Connect SDK, specifically focusing on the Wi-Fi driver and associated UMAC, LMAC, and PHY layers. Their work includes bug fixes, such as resolving disconnection issues and addressing packet-related vulnerabilities, along with implementing new features for radio test mode, including regulatory support, contention window configuration, and band edge handling. The user's commits demonstrate expertise in adapting the firmware for specific hardware features and ensuring compatibility across different Wi-Fi standards and regulatory domains.
nrf-connect-sdk
karun2796/zephyr
Sep 2024 - May 2026
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Contributions:31 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 8 months
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