Sep 2018 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Lead the team in developing features for FTL layer for NVMe based storage device. Involved in sprint planning, task estimation, bug scrub, cross team discussion and interface. Hands-on in analysis, design, programming, debugging, troubleshooting, and modification of device firmware.
• Work often involves developing FW schemes involving complex algorithms and data structure refinements. Technology: FTL Algorithms, PCIe, NVMe, SSD

Sep 2016 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Lead FTL engineer working on NVME/PCIe storage based SSD architecture specifically FTL algorithms.

Jan 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Firmware development using Embedded C in a storage domain (NVM / Flash memory)
• Algorithms on FTL
• Deal with end to end product development cycle (including problem analysis, solution architecture, low level design, coding, testing, debugging.).
• Tools: Trace32 -JTAG debugger, Accurev, MS Visual Studio, ARC platform.

Jun 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Firmware development on ARM based platform for NAND Flash devices. Familiar with SD protocol.
• Possess broad understanding of FTL for NAND devices.
• Implemented Secure solutions (DRM) for SD cards and developed Test suite for the DRM.
• Providing solutions on SD cards as Secure Storage Flash Media.
• Familiar with performance measurement tools and array of tests used to evaluate SD card firmware based on IOPS, Write, Read speeds.
• Spent 6 months as Individual Contributor at Samsung Electronics, South Korea.
• Specialties: NAND Flash Memory, Firmware Development, Digital Rights Management, Content Security, SD, CPRM

Jun 2011 – May 2012 · 11 mos

• Worked on a prototype for simulating UHS-II SD protocol in Flash memory devices. E.g: SD, UHS-2
• Spent 6 months as Individual contributor at Samsung Electronics, South Korea, developing host code on ARM environment to interface with Secure SD cards.
• Worked on C and ARM environment.

Jul 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bangalore

• Worked as a part of the HP Serviceguard development team. HP ServiceGuard is HA clustering product on HP-UX and Linux platforms. Gained understanding of clustering and HA concepts.
• Roles and responsibilities:
• Worked on enhancements based on customer requirements and also handling defect fixes.
• Shared ownership for key components of the product.
• Interfaced with QA and documentation teams for getting the feature ready for customer shipment.
• Mentoring new team members in the team.
• Delivering technical presentations to management and engineering staff within working organization.Writing technical white papers and idea proposals.
• Played the role of SCRUM master, effectively managing the sub team.

Jan 2009 – Jul 2009 · 6 mos · Bangalore

• Worked as a part of the Sun StorageTek team for development and maintenance of CLI test automation suite, sanity test suite to verify the functionalities offered by Sun StorageTek Arrays such as 6130, 6140, 6540, 6780.
• Gained experience on writing automation test cases and understanding of Storage Management Software and basic storage concepts such as SAN, NAS, DAS, and protocols such as SCSI and FC.
• Roles and Responsibilities :
• Writing new test cases and managing the test suite which verifies the functionality of the Storage Management Software (Common Array Manager).
• Participated and represented the team in technical road shows.