Apr 2026 – Present · 2 mos

Jan 2025 – Apr 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Customer facing FW DRI for a Tier 1 Customer of NFC WLC program; accountable for end to end firmware delivery from design through production.
• Own all firmware deliverables and intermediate milestones across development, validation, integration, and production.
• Primary technical contact for customer issues; perform deep dive debugging and root cause analysis, coordinating cross functional closure with consistently fast turnaround.
• Guide feature design/implementation, review code, and drive validation coverage; supported onboarding/transition of new FW architects.
• Drove end to end feature readiness by personally reviewing FW and test implementations, contributing to minimal customer reported bugs.
• Led cross functional debug with System, Analog, Digital, and ATE teams; independently root caused customer issues prior to FW R&D engagement.
• Identified and resolved critical ROM bugs pre tapeout, preventing major post silicon failures.
• Work with FW Project and Program Management to define milestone content, prioritize deliverables, and plan release timelines.

Jul 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Firmware development for the Gen2 NFC Wireless Charging Receiver Platform and Application on RISC V architecture.
• Developed and verified ROM and Flash boot flows for a RISC V platform.
• Built system services: ROM patching, trap/exception handling, ECALL (NSC), NMI, and ROM utilities.
• Engineered assembly level handlers and implemented ROM HAL/Drivers (I2C, Timers, Watchdog, CRC, RNG) per Firmware Requirement Specifications.
• Contributed to detailed flash layout and HW/FW configuration for ATE, ROM components, and secure/non secure FW sections.
• Debugged critical FW issues in RTL and FPGA pre silicon environments.
• Implemented WLC application components—Application Boot, NFC Forum WLC state machine, superloop/event handling, and internal event handlers.
• Proficient in interpreting design documents, functional specs, datasheets, schematics, and memory layouts.
• Participated in virgin sample bring up in Mougins, France, collaborating with ATE, System SoC, Digital/Analog design, and verification teams.

Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Firmware development for NFC Wireless Charging Poller (TX) and Listener (RX) application stacks.
• Owned end to end porting/integration of Listener Application on Qualcomm Audio SoCs; collaborated with customers and PM on requirements, risks, and validation; earned Cheers for Peers and Spot Awards for a successful PoC
• Ported Listener Application stack on LPC844, LPC04, and QCC5171 platforms.
• Demonstrated fast turnaround resolving critical customer issues and drove unit testing/validation for FW components.
• Hands-on with automation and quality tools: Jenkins, Coverity (static analysis), Blackduck (open-source compliance), CTC++ (code coverage), cyclomatic complexity analysis, and release packaging using batch & shell scripts.