Mukul Rawat — Software Engineer

I am a Systems Software Engineer with hands-on experience in C/C++ and low-level system design, working extensively in Linux-based environments. I specialize in building virtual platforms and emulation systems for firmware development, enabling early validation of hardware-software interactions before silicon availability. My work lies at the intersection of system software, hardware emulation, storage, and networking, where I focus on designing scalable and high-performance solutions. I have worked on: ✔ Emulation for firmware bring-up using QEMU, including PCIe-based devices like CXL Type-3 memory expanders ✔ Storage system emulation (NVMe) with multi-queue I/O processing and realistic performance modeling ✔ Cross-architecture system simulation (ARM ↔ x86) for end-to-end validation ✔ Inter-process communication and distributed system setups using socket-based architectures ✔ Platform IP development including UART, I2C, SMBus, and interrupt controllers ✔ System-level debugging across firmware, kernel, and virtualized environments Key Impact: ✔ Delivered a complete virtual platform for firmware development, accelerating validation timelines by ~4 weeks before hardware availability ✔ Built multi-threaded, high-performance emulation systems simulating real-world device behavior ✔ Reduced firmware integration issues through pre-silicon validation and automation pipelines (Jenkins, Docker) ✔ Debugged complex interactions across host-device boundaries, memory systems, and I/O subsystems Core strength: 🔹 Low-level programming (C, C++) 🔹 Linux systems, kernel interactions, and debugging 🔹 Virtualization & Emulation (QEMU, KVM) 🔹 Storage systems (NVMe, I/O stack, caching concepts) 🔹 Networking systems (IPC, sockets, distributed communication) 🔹 Memory systems & interconnects (PCIe, CXL) 🔹 Multithreading, concurrency, and performance tuning 🔹 Cross-platform system design (ARM + x86)

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor Emulation Engineer with expertise in low-level programming and system validation.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 3 yrs 10 mos