Headline

Engineering & Systems Lead | Platform & Firmware Validation | AI/ML Infrastructure & Enterprise Servers | Storage | GPU | Google AI Certified | Prompt Engineering & Vibe Coding

About

Technical Leader and Systems Engineer with 12+ years of enterprise storage expertise driving end-to-end Firmware Validation, System Testing, and AI-based Server Infrastructure optimization. Proven track record bridging the gap between complex hardware execution and strategic product delivery—from initial embedded firmware QA to factory-level final manufacturing release. A trusted vendor-facing partner who aligns with global component suppliers to ruthlessly triage defects, root-cause firmware regressions, and guarantee high-yield, production-ready server deployments for enterprise customers. Core Pillars of Impact --> AI Hardware & GPU Validation: Architecting validation methodologies and testing infrastructure for high-compute AI servers featuring cutting-edge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs. --> Enterprise Storage Mastery: Deep technical ownership of storage architecture, including RAID controllers, boot devices, and enterprise-grade NVMe/SATA/SAS SSDs across major vendors (Micron, SK Hynix, Samsung, Intel). --> Advanced Hardware Diagnostics: Expert in defect triaging and protocol-level debugging using specialized hardware tools, including PCIe/SATA/I2C Analyzers, Quarch Modules, and high-speed bus tracing. --> Lifecycle Quality Assurance: End-to-end execution of rigorous test engineering frameworks, spanning BVT, Regression testing, WHQL qualification, Functional, and End-to-End Product testing across the entire SDLC/STLC. --> Platform Expertise: Specialized in the validation, configuration, and structural diagnostics of high-availability hardware platforms, with exhaustive focus on Dell PowerEdge architectures and enterprise system management tools.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

gemini

perplexity

windsurf

Devin

Work experience

Lead Engineer at Dell Technologies, Feb 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Technical Leader | Systems & Firmware Validation | AI Infrastructure & GPU (Nvidia/AMD/Intel) | Storage Protocols (NVMe, PCIe, SATA) | Dell PowerEdge & Enterprise Server Platforms | AI servers | Vibe Coding | Prompt Engineering Directed end-to-end firmware lifecycle validation for enterprise-grade storage systems, optimizing protocols (NVMe/PCIe) to accelerate delivery. Cultivated critical vendor stakeholder partnerships and aligned factory-level hardware assembly pipelines to ensure seamless validation execution. Architected automation frameworks using Python and PowerShell to streamline diagnostics, utilizing protocol analyzers and tools --> Implementing AI solutions in Python, incorporating LLM application patterns such as RAG, tool use, structured outputs, memory, and multi-agent orchestration --> Ensuring solutions are production-ready, scalable, and aligned to enterprise delivery standards --> Proven track record of cost savings in quality improvements by reducing HW replacements in field, yield improvements in the production are my core strengths.

Software Engineer 2 at Dell Technologies, Jun 2017 - Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area

QA Engineer at SanDisk®, Apr 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Firmware QA Engineer:  Writing Test Cases, Executing them in all environments and documenting the results.  Preparing Test Cases and Test Data Documents.  Played a key role in Bug Tracking, Bus tracing and in BVT, WRT , compliance and feature Testing.  Giving presentations and trainings to the team about tools and technologies.  Test design documents, tests reports analysis, team status follow ups.

Project Engineer at Synapse Design Automation Inc., Aug 2014 - Nov 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Involved in developing testcases according to the client’s Requirements using powershell. • Analyzing the impact of requirements across the component and identifying the existing impacted Test cases for Regression Testing. • Writing Manual Test Cases based on Test Conditions/requirements. • Uploading Test cases into VM and executing them manually • Extensively involved in bug analysis and defect reporting • Reviewing the test scenarios prepared by team members. worked with clients like Micron,Sandisk,Citrix in SSD firmware validation and Testing and Virtualization

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada

Professional Diploma in Embedded Systems Design, Embedded systems/Electronics, Cranes Varsity