Shreyas Madhao Tale

Firmware Engineer

Fremont, California, United States17 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

16+ years in embedded systems development
Expert in pre/post silicon firmware engineering
Proven track record in complex debugging and team leadership

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled Firmware Engineer specializing in Embedded Systems and Pre/Post Silicon Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded SystemsFirmware

Other Skills

USB2USB3power save featuredual CPU firmware architecturedebuggingRTL simulationsARMUVM simulationsmulti-signal oscilloscopeRTOSSimulationsAlgorithmsEmbedded LinuxARM 9Embedded Software

About

Firmware Engineer | Expert in Pre/Post Silicon Development | 16+ Years in Embedded Systems Experienced Firmware Engineer with 16+ years in both pre-silicon and post-silicon product development. Skilled in embedded systems, complex debugging, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality firmware on time. Known for solving intricate problems with multiple stakeholders and optimizing firmware performance. Key Expertise: Post-Silicon: Led USB2/3 power save feature development, dual CPU firmware architecture, and multi-interface support (WiFi, BT, PCIe, USB, SDIO, UART). Coordinated with hardware, verification, and driver teams to resolve complex issues. Pre-Silicon: Developed frameworks to improve RTL coverage, supporting ARM-based scenarios, multiple CPUs, and dual CPU architectures. Skilled in reproducing and debugging issues from silicon boards in UVM simulations. Palladium: Led environment bring-up for WiFi and USB3 firmware, resolving firmware, driver, and RTL issues. Technical Skills: C, Assembly, Python, ARM CPUs, RTOS (ThreadX), Verdi, JTAG, Multi-signal Oscilloscope, Linux.

Experience

Nvidia

Senior Firmware Engineer

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Eximietas design

Staff Engineer

Mar 2025 – Jun 2025 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

DV Firmware development lead

Nxp semiconductors

Senior Staff Firmware Engineer

Dec 2019 – Jan 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

Marvell semiconductor

2 roles

Staff Firmware Engineer

Oct 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Staff Software Engineer

Aug 2008 – Sep 2017 · 9 yrs 1 mo

On silicon -
USB2 and USB3 power save feature complete bring-up and support
Other complex power save feature development and support
First development of dual cpu FW architecture change
USB single cpu stack changes to support dual cpus
Bring-up of USB2/3 in demanding environment while working with multiple teams
Exposure to various radios like WiFi, BT and host interfaces like SDIO, UART, PCIe and USB on Linux and Windows
Excellent root cause skills with help of jtag debuggers
Firmware feature support for multiple branches at RTL, Palladium and Production stages for internal and external customers
Resolved complex issues by working and coordinating with multiple teams including Verification, IP, SoC, WSH, Driver and QA
Experience in on-site customer support before production release
Have debug experience with lab tools such as multi-signal oscilloscope etc
Pre-silicon
RTL simulations
Developed framework from scratch to exercise various ARM based scenarios to improve RTL coverage with help of actual production firmware like code optimized for UVM simulation environment.
supports multiple radios, host interfaces and propriety IPs
various CPUs, RTOS versions, dual cpu architectures
First exposure to many new IPs; experienced in code development from scratch
Reproduced and root caused issues from silicon boards in UVM simulations with help of production like firmware
Expert in solving complex simulation issues with help of waveforms
Excellent hold in debugging firmware and hardware issues with help of assembly level code, bus level accesses and cpu registers
Palladium
Environment bring-up for WiFi firmware while resolving firmware, driver and RTL related issues
New USB3 firmware stack bring-up right from enumeration stage