Kurt Nistelberger
Founder at Kernware
Ilztal, Styria, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolKurt Nistelberger is a founder and seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience spanning embedded systems, security, and AI-driven software and hardware design. He has held engineering and technical lead roles at companies like comma.ai—where he contributed sensor integration and real-time improvements to the widely used openpilot platform—and Denuvo by Irdeto, alongside a background in penetration testing and security analysis. An active reverse engineer and malware analyst in his spare time, he documents projects on gast04.github.io and is a retired member of the LosFuzzys CTF team and founder of the machquadrat hackerspace. Based in Styria, Austria, Kurt combines hands-on embedded/IoT expertise with practical security instincts and entrepreneurial drive informed by a master’s in computer science from TU Graz.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Technische Universität Graz
Github Skills (11)
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
system-integration10
sensor-fusion10
interrupt-handling9
robotics9
interrupt9
i2c8
linux7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
commaai/openpilot
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:63 reviews, 29 commits, 101 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Kurt primarily contributed to sensor-related functionalities within the openpilot project, focusing on the sensor's data processing and integration. Their commits involve significant code modifications within the `sensord` component, which points to a focus on embedded systems and the interaction with various sensors within the robotics platform. The user also implemented power mode management for sensors and worked on optimizing data collection and interrupt handling, improving the real-time performance of the sensor system.
driveroperating-systemroboticsdriver-assistance-systemsadvanced-driver-assistance-systems
gast04/JDB-plus-plus
May 2020 - Feb 2021
JDB++ an jdb extension for easily debugging through smali code
Contributions:20 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
debuggingjdbsmali
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