Ankur Kumar

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in FPGA design and integration.
Proficient in embedded Linux systems.
Strong background in aerospace and semiconductor industries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a highly skilled FPGA and embedded systems engineer in the aerospace sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded LinuxFpga DesignRtl DesignVerification And ValidationSubject Matter ExpertiseOperations ManagementQuality AssuranceProcess Improvement

Other Skills

Flash MemoryDynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM)BuildrootLinux KernelDevice DriversFirmwareZynq ultrascaleAXI ProtocolImage CompressionSimulinkMATLABImage ProcessingCDCImage AcquisitionPython (Programming Language)

About

Always keen to learn new technologies.

Experience

5 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Pixxel

2 roles

Senior Flight Software Enginner

Jun 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1.) Build the full PolarFire SoC Linux platform end-to-end (Buildroot/Yocto, board bring-up, custom device drivers, and device-tree integration), owning the system from bootloader → kernel → rootfs → applications.
2.) Design and integrate custom FPGA IP blocks on PolarFire SoC to support parallel multi-sensor data flows and deterministic payload processing across multiple interfaces simultaneously.
3.) Integrate FPGA + Linux + memory stack (QSPI/Flash/eMMC/DDR/SSD) to support robust boot/update flows and reliable deployments across satellite missions, while resolving cross-layer issues to improve mission stability.
Devices : S32G , PolarFire SoC

Flash MemoryDynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM)Embedded LinuxFPGA Design

FPGA Engineer

Oct 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1.) Own the complete Payload Controller FPGA design, building custom IP cores to enable deterministic data flow from VNIR sensors → processing/storage → radio downlink with mission grade reliability.
2.) Build and maintain the onboard Linux system + C-based applications for payload operations, including interface bring-up, control/telemetry handling, and end-to-end validation across the data pipeline.
3.) Design and integrate secure + high-throughput subsystems including AES-256 encryption core, Flash + SSD/NVMe storage usage, and subsystem integration for GPS receivers and sensor interfaces.
Devices : ZynQ Ultrascale+

FirmwareZynq ultrascaleAXI ProtocolImage CompressionSimulinkMATLAB+11

Tata elxsi

FPGA Engineer

Dec 2020 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

1.) RTL Design : High Speed PHY interfaces for DDR4 and RPC DRAM, complies with DDR DFI and ISO 26262 safety standards.
2.) Static Timing Analysis and Synthesis of Controller IP.
3.) Performance Analysis of the IP.
4.) Board validation of the IP using RISC V validation setup, oscilloscope captures and reveal data.
5.) Unit Testing of the IP using Verilog model of RPC DRAM memory.
6.) Constraint file creation for the FPGA settings and the IP.
7.) Microarchitecture IP Design.
Devices : Lattice Cetus-Pro NX

AXI ProtocolDDR3QuestaSimVerification and Validation (V&V)PHYCDC+6

Vedantu

SEO - Subject matter Expert

Jul 2020 – Oct 2020 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Subject Matter expert for physics and assisting the team to make content pages lives to bring traffic on the website.

SMEOperations ManagementSubject Matter Expertise

Unacademy

Operations Associate

Jan 2020 – Jul 2020 · 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Worked with content operations team to assist educators in their You tube sessions.
Prepearing the daily KPI of views of different channels and analyze the views to increase the learner base.

NegotiationOperations Management