Pratyush Anand

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led global teams for complex SoC projects.
Expert in ARM architecture and embedded software.
Proven track record in team building and management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in Embedded Systems with a focus on ARM architecture and firmware development.

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Skills

Core Skills

E2e Embedded Software ProjectArm Server SocLinux KernelEmbedded Systems

Other Skills

AHBAI acceleratorARMARM 9ARM ArchitectureARM9ASICApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)CC (Programming Language)ControllersDebuggersDebuggingDevice Driver DevelopmentDevice Drivers

About

●Managing multiple Vertical teams for ARM server and AI accelerator firmware ●Driving E2E Software Project requirement, architecture, design & development with cross functional teams ●Leading worldwide multi site team ●Skilled at hiring right resources & building teams from scratch ●Customer requirements analysis ●Specialties: Hiring, Team Building, Driving work across AI SoC, ARM Server SoC, E2E Embedded software project, HW/SW partitioning, Defining Software architecture needs w.r.t. HW and Chipset requirements, ARMv8 System Software, ARM Security Architecture, Linux Kernel Hacking Tools and Device-Driver Development

Experience

Microsoft

Principal Firmware Manager

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Qualcomm

Senior Staff Engineer/Mgr

Dec 2018 – Jul 2023 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Multiple Role in last couple of years:
Last Role : XR SoC FW/SW Lead : Had been directly managing 18+ developer and test team. Additionally, have been responsible for E2E SW/FW delivery for complete SoC XRC130, which required driving work with multiple teams across the globe with 50+ team members.
Other Roles:
Linux Runtime Lead for AI accelerator
SoC
ARM Server SoC FW lead

E2E SW/FW deliveryLinux RuntimeAI acceleratorSoCTeam managementE2E Embedded software project+1

Qualcomm datacenter technologies, inc.

Staff Engineer

Oct 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Red hat

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2014 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi Area, India

To analyse gap between Red Hat product and upstream community development in areas of tracing.
To drive Red Hat needs in upstream community development.
To maintain ftrace for all RHEL versions
To develop unsupported features and to fix any bug in supported features for ARM64 around Linux
Kernel Tracing, Debugging and performance tools like uprobe, kprobe, kexec, kdump, perf and ftrace.
Also fix and help team to fix for some of the generic issues around these kernel features.

Kernel TracingDebuggingPerformance toolsLinux Kernel

St microelectronics

Staff Engineer

Aug 2005 – Nov 2014 · 9 yrs 3 mos · Greater NOIDA

Leading USB Compliance team
Architecture definition of USB and PCIe solutions.
SW/HW partitioning
Development of prototype of USB3.0 host solution on a FPGA evaluation platform.
Technical support to other prototype development around USB device and PCIe.
Support to internal and external customer
Development of USB3.0 Device Driver on Linux OS
Driver development of PCIe Host, OTG,
OTG/PCIe device bootrom development
Validation of various IPs of SPEAr.
Development of a Scanner system with SPEAr at its heart.
Development of ST's WUSB DWA dongle

USB CompliancePCIe solutionsDevice Driver DevelopmentEmbedded Systems

Defence research and development organisation

Scientist 'B';

Aug 2003 – Jul 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos

To explore Software defined radio architecture and related R&D technologies.
To port Linux kernel image on AT91RM9200DK based target board and develop board support package for the same
To Customize root file system for the target.
To resolve all issues regarding basic initialization of target board

Software defined radioLinux kernel porting