Aakash Kumar

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

8+ years of experience in software development.
Expertise in embedded systems and firmware development.
Proven track record in silicon validation and device drivers.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled Embedded Software Engineer with expertise in firmware and silicon validation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Silicon ValidationDevice DriversFirmwareC Programming LanguageMicroprocessorsEmbedded SystemsSoftware Development

Other Skills

Multi-coreBootloaderLow Level ProgrammingNAND FlashARM Cortex M7C++Model View - View Model ArchitectureQNX RTOSLinuxVersion ControlCoding StandardsCode ReviewHardware Bring-upComputer SciencePHY

About

- 8+ Years of Experience in Software Development - Experience developing Software in C/C++ - Enthusiastic about Data Structures, Algorithms , Embedded Systems and Computer Architecture

Experience

10 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Google

Software Engineer

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Part of the Silicon Validation Software team
Providing platform support to Silicon Validation Hardware Team
Writing Device Driver for DRAM Memory Controller IP

Multi-coreBootloaderSilicon ValidationDevice Drivers

Samsung electronics

Staff Engineer

May 2017 – Aug 2021 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Working on FTL (Flash Translation Layer) of NAND Flash based storage like eMMC and UFS Firmware running on ARM Cortex M7 based micro-controllers.
Involved in end to end activities like Requirement Analysis, Design , Coding , Integration Testing and Field Issues.
Implementing New Features and modifying existing policies for FTL in C Programming Language.
Refactoring the existing code to meet the quality standards such as Static Tool Analysis and other quality metrics such as reducing Code Complexities, reducing Circular Modular Dependency etc.
Worked on Planar and Vertical NAND Technologies with different controllers.
Leading the IO Management Module of the FTL which includes handling commands according to JEDEC specifications, configuring the DMA Modules, Buffer Management etc.
Configuring the Build Scripts, makefiles , linker scripts ,managing the build artifacts and automating the build process for Emulation as well as Hardware Builds for different lines of products.
Debugging HW issues using JTAG - Trace32 ,looking through ARM Assembly Code, Register Values, Stack and other Memory regions .
Development of analysis tools like Memory Footprint , Overlay Checker, Dump Analysis Tool.

MicroprocessorsLow Level ProgrammingFirmwareC Programming Language

Harman international india pvt. ltd.

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2015 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Part of HMI (Human Machine Interface) Application Development team for an Automotive Infotainment Head Unit as a Software Developer. It provides users with real-time information about the system and enables user to interact with the system.
Ownership of Navigation Module of HMI, interacting with Navigation Core with Client Server Architecture.
Software Development using Model View - View Model Architecture and Singleton Design Pattern in C++ with in-house developed frameworks.
HMI Application running on target board having QNX RTOS.