Ashish Tak

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States9 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Master's in Embedded Systems Engineering from a top university.
Experience with Apple Neural Engine and Special Projects Group.
Proficient in embedded software development and firmware engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled Embedded Systems Engineer with experience in Automotive and Robotics industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded SystemsSoftware DevelopmentFirmware EngineeringSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

Embedded Software DevelopmentState Machine DesignUnit TestingFeature EnhancementFirmware DevelopmentStepper Motor InterfacingData TransmissionC/C++ DevelopmentATM Interface DesignDefect ResolutionCC++Agile MethodologiesARM ArchitectureVHDL

About

Master's graduate from the University of Colorado Boulder, with a major in Embedded Systems Engineering. Currently working as a Firmware Engineer with the Apple Neural Engine team at Apple. Prior industry experiences in embedded software development include 4 years of working with the Special Projects Group at Apple and 1 year with the Digital Cockpit Platform team at Nio.

Experience

Google

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2026 – Present · 3 mos

Apple

2 roles

Firmware Engineer

Apr 2024 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos

Apple Neural Engine

Firmware Engineer

May 2020 – Apr 2024 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Special Projects Group

Nio

Embedded Software Engineer

Jun 2019 – May 2020 · 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

● Worked with the Digital Cockpit Platform Software team, responsible for the infotainment system in an EV
● Designed a state machine to update the bootloader image for a microcontroller
● Developed feature enhancements for the EV's energy consumption statistics module
● Used the pytest framework to write unit tests for multiple features in the digital cockpit

Embedded Software DevelopmentState Machine DesignUnit TestingFeature EnhancementEmbedded SystemsSoftware Development

University of colorado boulder

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2018 – May 2019 · 9 mos

Teaching Assistant for the graduate courses:
● 'Embedded Interface Design' under Dr. Bruce Montgomery in Fall 2018
(https://sites.google.com/colorado.edu/ecen5053-002eid)
● 'Real-Time Embedded Systems' under Prof. Timothy Scherr in Spring 2019
(https://sites.google.com/colorado.edu/ecen5623/home)

Vecna robotics

Firmware Engineering Intern

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Greater Boston Area

● Responsible for firmware development of an auto charging module in Tugger robots, deployed at FedEx and Walmart warehouses
● Interfaced stepper motors on the Tugger robot for alignment of its Charging Pads with the Charging Dock
● Monitored charge currents and temperatures via ADC channels to control relays in case of a surge in values
● Developed UART routines for transmission of data related to a particular Charging Dock via IR transceivers
● Used Kvaser’s CANKing library to read commands from the CAN bus and report state information regarding the robot’s auto charging module

Diebold nixdorf

Software Engineer

Jun 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai

● Development in C/C++ for interfacing involving the ATM core and its peripherals including check/cash depositors and dispensers
● Collaborated with the development team in designing new features for peripherals, as demanded for by banks
● Resolved multiple defects reported during the Factory Conformance Testing (FCT) of ATMs for Service Pack 4 of Diebold’s Agilis EmPower product
● Worked on-site with the Professional Services team in development of an application software for Smart Kiosks at Wincor Nixdorf Headquarters, Germany

C/C++ DevelopmentATM Interface DesignDefect ResolutionSoftware EngineeringEmbedded Systems