Headline

Principal Engineer @Intel Corporation | System Engineering , FW architecture , Wireless | 10+ US Patents

About

Senior R&D Leader | Wireless SoC | System & Architecture | Driving Innovation from Concept to Mass Production With more than 2 decades in the semiconductor industry, I specialize in leading R&D organizations that deliver cutting-edge Wireless SoC solutions for top-tier consumer products. I have a proven track record of building and managing multidisciplinary global teams, driving innovations from concept and architecture through system integration, validation, and high-volume production. Throughout my career at Intel, Infineon and Philips semiconductor, I’ve spearheaded development of 4G/5G cellular, Clients and Edge, shaping the SoC SW/FW architecture, noise mitigation , memory optimization, and performance optimization. My leadership style blends technical depth with strategic execution, enabling successful delivery of first-to-market technologies and alignment with business goals. Core strengths & expertise: • Leading large x-functional R&D teams (Systems, Architecture, FW, SW integration) • System & SoC Architecture – top-level design, performance, power & latency optimization • Driving end-to-end product development – from concept & simulation to post-Silicon debug & mass production

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

Work experience

Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation, Apr 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

Senior SW Architect at Intel Corporation, Feb 2011 - Mar 2017 · 6 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore, Technical and disciplinary leadership of a highly skilled team of 10 system architects for different platforms (hardware and software) • Management of the globally used architectures • Trainer for UML & System architecture . • Definition, planning, controlling and delivery of a platform architecture as well as hand-over and training of the development teams • Responsibility for the interface towards the internal customer such as product management and sales as well as external suppliers for software and chipset deliveries • Responsibility for the realization within the development teams • Securing flexible solutions • Definition of the platform and the architecture for the next generation of mobile phones • Mapping of product concepts on technical platforms • Steering of predevelopment projects

Senior Software Architect at Infineon Technologies, Sep 2006 - Jan 2011 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Bangalore

Software Architect at Philips, 2001 - 2006 · 5 yrs, Bangalore, Philips Semiconductor

Scientist at DRDO, Bangalore, 2000 - 2001 · 1 yr, Bangalore

Software Engineer at Siri Technologies, 1997 - 2000 · 3 yrs, Bangalore

Education

Master of Technology - MTech, Data Science and Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Science - MS, Software Systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani