Rzeszów · remote-friendly

Jakub
Żymełka

Senior R&D Engineer
Low-level @ Nordic Semiconductor

Zephyr RTOS Collaborator

14 years in embedded. I write the layer everything else is built on: registers, DMA, device tree, startup assembly. I bring new SoCs up in Zephyr and NCS - and when the silicon is quiet, I ride a bike across Peru.

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Jakub Żymełka
14
years in embedded
3.5
years at Nordic Semi
5
MCU families mastered
Zephyr
Collaborator
upstream, publicly reviewable

Key facts

  • Role
    Senior R&D Engineer, Low-level team
  • Company
    Nordic Semiconductor, since Feb 2023, Kraków
  • Open source
    Collaborator on Zephyr RTOS
  • Focus
    nrfx, Zephyr shim, device tree, SoC bring-up
  • Experience
    14 years in embedded (Prevac → Aptiv → Nordic)
  • Location
    Rzeszów, Poland · remote-friendly
  • Languages
    Polish - native · English - working proficiency

    • Frequently asked questions

    What does Jakub Żymełka do?
    He is a Senior R&D Engineer on the Low-level team at Nordic Semiconductor (since February 2023, Kraków) and a Collaborator on the Zephyr RTOS project. He works on the lowest software layer: registers, DMA, device tree, startup assembly, nrfx integration with the Zephyr shim layer, and bringing new SoCs up in Zephyr and the nRF Connect SDK.
    What is his professional background?
    14 years in embedded across three companies: Prevac (October 2012 - November 2017, vacuum instrumentation - PCB design, analog and digital electronics, firmware, embedded Linux, Qt/QML), Aptiv (December 2017 - January 2023, automotive embedded software in C/C++, promoted from Software Engineer to Expert) and Nordic Semiconductor (since February 2023).
    Does he work remotely?
    Yes. He is based in Rzeszów, Poland and is remote-friendly.
    What languages does he speak?
    Polish - native, English - working proficiency.