Hi, my name is Jaedeok Kim!
I recently graduated from Chungnam National University with a B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering. I am deeply passionate about studying embedded software, system(s) programming, and UNIX-like operating systems.
I hope you find my blog posts helpful, and any feedback is always appreciated!
Experience
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Jul. 2026 – Present
Field Application Engineer (Embedded Linux)
Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea
CARES Lab, Seoul National University
Jan. 2026 – Feb. 2026
Research Intern
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Data-Intensive Computing Systems Lab, DGIST
Jun. 2024 – Jul. 2024
Research Intern
Daegu, Republic of Korea
Linux Team, RTst
Dec. 2023 – Feb. 2024
Student Intern
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Air Force Logistics Command, Republic of Korea Air Force
Apr. 2020 – Jan. 2022
Staff Sergeant (Avionics Maintenance)
Seosan, Republic of Korea
Education
Chungnam National University
Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2026
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering (GPA: 3.87 / 4.5)
Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Soonchunhyang University
Mar. 2019 – Feb. 2023
Computer Software Engineering (GPA: 4.14 / 4.5)
Asan, Republic of Korea
Projects
- ferox: A lightweight 2D physics engine written in C, for educational purposes
- jebi: A book (library) management software made with JavaFX and Cloud Firestore
- jmprof: A tiny, experimental heap profiler for GNU/Linux
- mvp-demo: A raylib demo to visualize the Model, View, and Projection (MVP) matrices
Honors & Awards
- Excellence Award1, 2024 SW Talent Festival, Ministry of Science and ICT, 2024
- Excellence Award, 2024 CNU Engineering Fair (Capstone Design Competition), Chungnam National University, 2024
- Grand Award2, 2024 CNU SW/AI Project Fair, Chungnam National University, 2024
- ROKAF Chief of Staff Award3, 2021 Military Open Source Software Hackathon, Open Source Academy for Military, 2021
Technical Skills
- Build Systems: BSD Make, GNU Make, POSIX Make, CMake
- Debugging & Profiling: ASan (AddressSanitizer), GDB (GNU Debugger), Lauterbach TRACE32,
OpenOCD, ST-LINK, Valgrind,
kmemleak,gprof-ng - Embedded Software: BitBake, FreeRTOS, Secure Boot, U-Boot
- Operating Systems: Debian, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Rocky Linux, Void Linux
- Programming Languages: ARM/x86 Assembly, C, POSIX shell, Python
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab Enterprise, Google Repo