Maulik Vaghela

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 7 years of experience in firmware engineering.
Active contributor to the coreboot community with 130+ patches.
Expertise in automating firmware release processes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Firmware Engineer specializing in Semiconductors and Embedded Systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

FirmwareCoreboot BiosAutomationGraphics SoftwareEmbedded FirmwareFirmware Engineering

Other Skills

JenkinsKlocworkoptimizationUEFIgraphics driverVBIOSfirmware developmentBLE stackMicrocontrollersCC++ProgrammingVHDLMicroprocessorsGNU Debugger

About

Experienced Chrome firmware Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry from 7+ years. Skilled in coreboot BIOS, Firmware, automation, Jenkins, Klocwork and optimization. Individual with proven knowledge of research, development, root cause analysis and process improvement. Skilled in working under pressure and adaptable to new challenges to achieve company goals

Experience

11 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

3 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Google

Software Engineer

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Intel corporation

2 roles

Chrome Firmware Engineer

Nov 2017 – Jul 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Played key role in enabling coreboot BIOS on multiple Intel SoCs (previous and future generations)
Active member of coreboot community having130+ patches in open source.
Worked on Intel common code initiative to improve code reusability
Actively took lead on multiple critical issues and driven it to closure in time
Implemented proof of concept solution to display critical information in pre-boot environment such as critical battery , firmware update information etc.
Improved overall build infrastructure to automate the release process to reduce overall manual work and to ease the process of reproducing the builds
Collaborated and guided team members to handle challenging issues to meet customer and project requirements

coreboot BIOSFirmwareautomationJenkinsKlocworkoptimization

Graphics Software Engineer

Oct 2014 – Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Worked on enabling UEFI graphics driver on 7+ Intel platforms.
Implemented and designed flow for DP 1.3 specification for GOP
Extensively worked on legacy VBIOS option rom development

UEFIgraphics driverVBIOSGraphics Software

Azoi inc

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Jun 2014 – Sep 2014 · 3 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

Worked on firmware development of health sensor drivers based on TI's BLE stack
Was awarded VIP member of the month for TI's E2E community contributions.
Collaborated with community members to improve overall stability of the BLE stack.

firmware developmentBLE stackEmbedded Firmware

Intel corporation

Intern

Jun 2013 – May 2014 · 11 mos · Bangalore

Worked as Firmware engineer for Intel Sensor Hub firmware to develop drivers for multiple sensor such as accelerometer, gyroscope etc.
Redesigned and implemented overall code flow in collaboration with architects
Enabled Klocwork scanning, code coverage and code footprint check to pre-validate code checkin.

firmware engineeringKlocworkFirmware Engineering