Zachary Halvorsen
Software Engineer at Google
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Halvorsen is a software engineer with a decade of experience building embedded and security-focused systems, currently contributing at Google after five years as a key software architect at Raytheon. He specializes in low-level firmware, real-time VxWorks drivers, PCIe communications, and cryptography for Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ platforms, and has hands-on experience leading board bring-up and diagnostics. Holding an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering (3.9 GPA) and a BS in Computer Engineering, he blends strong academic rigor with practical product delivery. Comfortable working across interdisciplinary teams, he has led migrations to modern tooling, introduced unit testing where it was absent, and brings fluency in Spanish from earlier leadership and volunteer roles. Notably, his background spans both high-assurance defense systems and consumer-facing integration projects, giving him a rare combination of security mindset and pragmatic engineering.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaSalem Hills High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (21)
webauthn10
firmware10
fido-u2f10
remote-attestation10
hardware10
security10
embedded10
rust10
crypto9
go-packages9
tpm8
golang7
dsa7
mcu7
ed255197
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zhalvorsen/caliptra-sw
Oct 2023 - Jul 2026
Caliptra software (ROM, FMC, runtime firmware), and libraries/tools needed to build and test
Contributions:268 pushes, 112 branches in 2 years 10 months
zhalvorsen/caliptra-dpe
Mar 2023 - Jul 2026
High level module that implements DPE and defines high-level traits that are used to communicate with the crypto peripherals and PCRs
Contributions:4 PRs, 199 pushes, 141 branches in 3 years 5 months
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