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Siva Lenka

Experienced Firmware Development Engineer, previously worked in Services, Product and Startup companies. Skilled in C,C++, Python, Linux, Shell Scripting, assembly, embedded, Firmware, Device Drivers and kernel, virtualization, System Software, Peripherals like UART, I2C, SPI etc.,Bare-metal, RTOS, multi-threading, multi-core, shared memory, cache coherence, secure boot, and BSP/bootloader, SoC, Compute, Storage & Networking, FW for NAND Flash Chips, NVM Express over PCIe, problem solving, gdb, JTAG Debuggers/Emulators and Hardware Debugging using test equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Multi-meters.

  • Role

    simulation engineer, Consultant, Run-time SW

  • Years of Experience

    7 years

Skillsets

  • UART
  • Virtualization
  • IOMMU
  • cython
  • Compiler knowledge
  • Assembly
  • Linux kernel
  • Nvm express
  • PCIE
  • Qemu device emulation
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • secure boot
  • BSP
  • Device Tree
  • Embedded Linux
  • x86
  • multi-core
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • Git
  • TCP/IP
  • VS Code
  • ARM Architecture
  • GDB
  • VI/VIM
  • Security
  • Microprocessors
  • synchronization
  • Shared memory
  • SOC
  • Pipelining
  • Microcontrollers
  • SNMP

Professional Summary

7Years
  • Sep, 2022 - May, 2023 8 months

    Consultant, Run-time SW

    Celestial AI
  • Oct, 2019 - Sep, 20211 yr 11 months

    Engineer, SSD Firmware

    Micron Technology

Applications & Tools Known

  • icon-tool

    Linux Kernel

  • icon-tool

    buildroot

  • icon-tool

    WinDbg

  • icon-tool

    pytest

  • icon-tool

    Kubernetes

Work History

7Years

Consultant, Run-time SW

Celestial AI
Sep, 2022 - May, 2023 8 months
    Developed run-time software for a data center-scale electro-photonic AI chip. Contributed to multi-chip development, managing multiple MSI interrupt vectors on a virtual runtime. Involvement in Linux Kernel customization, BSP, boot flow, and more.

Engineer, SSD Firmware

Micron Technology
Oct, 2019 - Sep, 20211 yr 11 months
    Handled Product Qual Clearance, debugging, System & Performance validation, administered frontend firmware modules for SSD products.

Achievements

  • Achieved above 99% Pass rate in the first Qualification run for Namespace management Flex-OP feature.
  • Incredibles Award consecutively twice in H1 2016 and H2 2016
  • Nominated for Project of the Year for 2016 in small team size category in CTS
  • BRAVO spark winner twice in May and Sept 2016

Education

  • B. Tech in Electrical and M. Tech in Microelectronics & VLSI Design

    IIT Madras (2015)