Manju Matha is a seasoned embedded systems leader with over two decades of experience building firmware, kernel drivers, RTOS integrations, and Yocto-based Linux distributions for demanding hardware platforms. Currently Director of Software Engineering at Cruise, he leads large teams delivering the kernel-to-cloud software stack that powers GM’s autonomous vehicle platforms. He previously managed Yocto distribution and BMC development for Xilinx/AMD and was a maintainer of Xilinx meta layers, contributing fixes to the high-profile OpenEmbedded core to improve cross-architecture builds and SDK automation. Known for scaling engineering organizations, Manju blends hands-on systems engineering with product-focused management, mentoring managers and technical leads to ship complex platform releases. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he uniquely combines low-level firmware expertise with proven leadership in safety-critical automotive and FPGA domains.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MS ECE, MS ECE at Colorado State University
BE Electronics and Communication, BE Electronics and Communication at Visvesvaraya Technological University
The official Git repository is at https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation Engineer
Contributions:20 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Manju primarily contributed to the OpenEmbedded-core repository by addressing build system and configuration issues. They fixed build failures for various architectures, including aarch64 and microblaze, ensuring compatibility and correct image generation. The user also implemented automation by fixing an error during SDK builds and ensuring proper dependencies. Additionally, they enhanced the build process and added support for menuconfig for u-boot.
Yocto Project layer enables AMD Xilinx tools related metadata for MicroBlaze, Zynq, ZynqMP and Versal devices.
Contributions:193 commits, 3 PRs, 35 pushes in 3 years 7 months
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