Lead and Manage firmware development, API DLL and device driver development, Hardware verification/validation test software development, Instrument calibration software development, Manufacturing/Service software development for Life Science Products including PCR products (Thermal Cycler both conventional and real-time), Protein Quantification (Gel Imaging), Protein Separation (Chromatography), Cell Imaging (Cell Counters and Imagers) Products and Digital Droplet PCR instrument.

Lead and Manage firmware development, API DLL and driver development, Hardware verification/validation test software development, Manufacturing/Service software development for Life Science Products including PCR products (Thermal Cycler both conventional and real-time), Protein Quantification (Gel Imaging), Protein Separation (Chromatography) and Cell Imaging (Cell Counters and Imagers) Products.

Lead and Manage embedded firmware/software, API DLL, drivers and test software development for Life Science Products including PCR products (Thermal Cycler both conventional and real-time), Protein Quantification (Gel Imaging), Protein Separation (Chromatography) and Cell Imaging (Cell Counters and Imagers) Products. Responsibilities:• Manage and lead international teams of high performance firmware and software engineers. • Develop and implement process improvement plans. • Architect embedded systems and embedded systems software.• Generate different design alternatives and pick the best solution. • Lead and manage, design and development of embedded systems software/firmware• Lead broad system definition to detailed implementation.• Work on developing estimates, efficient resource assignment.• Lead firmware team on multiple projects (both short and long term).• Lead and manage design and development of test software for manufacturing test fixtures and hardware verification/validation/calibration.• Work closely with program managers, product managers, scientists, electrical, mechanical, systems and optical engineering teams.• Create Technical specification and Firmware requirement specification docs.• Lead generation of design documents, design history files, verification test plans.• Participate in FMEA, worst case analysis and verification/validation of product/design.• Lead transfer of designed products to manufacturing and support any mfg and service issues.Key Achievements:• Led firmware team on T100 project. This product quadrupled sales, compared to previous product.• Always have been go-to person for any embedded systems/firmware related issues.• Resolved/fixed many key technical issues during development and manufacturing of product.• Involved in 15 new successful product developments from start to finish in all phases of product development (from feasibility to quick prototype to engineering design to transfer to manufacturing).

Lead and Manage firmware and test software development for Gene Expression product line, including PCR (conventional and qPCR thermal cycler products), Cell counter and Cell Imaging products.

Technical lead, firmware and test software development for thermal cycler (PCR product).

Design and development of electrical hardware, firmware and manufacturing test software for PCR products and Imaging systems.

Design and development of electrical hardware, firmware and manufacturing test software for PCR products and Imaging systems.Responsible for board bring-up based on various platforms (TI, Freescale, ARM, NXP, ST Micro, etc). ARM Cortex-M based boot-loader and startup developmentDriver development (SPI, I2C, ADC, DAC, CCD and CMOS image sensor, RS232, display, touch screen etc)Test Software development for hardware integration, verification and validation

Design, Development, Integration and Testing of Real Time Firmware for SmartCard and Bistatix Reader Systems, driver Software development for bringing up the board, Power on Self Test (POST) and Hardware Diagnostic code.

Design, Development, Integration and Testing of Real Time Embedded Firmware, Hardware Boot up, Power on Self Test (POST) and Diagnostic code for Satellite Networking Card. Development of Tuner Module and MAC filtering Module.

Design, Development, Integration and Testing of Embedded Systems Software (Driver Software, Firmware and application Software) for Consumer Electronics systems (Color TV).

Design, Development and Testing of Embedded Systems for Industrial Process Automation and Wireless high speed Data Communication.