Ankur Goel — Software Engineer

Software Engineer with 7 years of industry experience across Amazon, Google, and Qualcomm, specializing in device bring-up, pre-silicon validation, and baremetal systems. I build robust foundations for hardware—from ROM bootloaders and RTOS environments to scalable emulation platforms. Key Highlights: * Hardware Emulation & Validation: Developed QEMU-based validation platforms at Amazon for Kindle virtual bring-up and engineered low-memory RPC frameworks at Google using Pigweed for Gem5/ZeBu. * System Security & Boot Architecture: Spearheaded BootROM test coverage improvements (75% to 94%) at Google and improved Secure Boot KPIs by 70% at Qualcomm while identifying critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities. * Driver & Firmware Optimization: Debugged and accelerated DMA/Mailbox drivers, implemented TFLite decryption layers in compiler frameworks, and executed seamless Yocto upgrades. Tech Stack: C, C++, Python | FreeRTOS, Linux baremetal | ARMv8-A, RISC-V | Trace32, Gem5, QEMU | UART, SPI

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Embedded Systems Engineer with a focus on firmware and validation.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 8 yrs