* Direct, mentor and lead a team of engineers. * Define and implement KPI for products and features to ensure successful tracking of strategic and operational goals. * Designed and implemented data pipelines on big data platform for data collection and trend analysis on terabytes of data generated from validation cycles, including ETL and analytics.* Lead all aspects of firmware design validation (including test planning, test design & development, deployment) for multiple features on PCIe/NVMe SSD Product.

* Lead all aspects of firmware design validation (including test planning, test design & development, deployment) for multiple features on SATA Products.

• Define product specification and drive aggressive schedules to ensure product bring-up and guarantee test process readiness for Solid State Drives (SSD) products.• Create, verify and deploy SSD test methodology to ensure extensive feature coverage against product specification.• Work with Test, Reliability, Quality, Hardware, Firmware and Manufacturing teams to root cause and resolve product issues ranging from system level to component level.• Perform failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) study of existing products. Responsible for driving corrective actions and process improvements with appropriate departments to resolve production yield problems, add effective screens and meet the DPPM requirements from customers. • Successfully Identified and proposed revenue recovery strategies to boost bi-quarterly revenue by half -a-million.

Provide system level applications expertise and support for Micron's mobile memory products that include NAND Flash, MCP, Low Power DRAM, eMMC, eMCP used in Smartphone and mobile systems.* Customer issue debug, failure analysis and interaction with cross functional teams to resolve them.* Enablement of Micron memory products on mobile development platforms by Texas Instruments, Qualcomm.* Validation of next generation Micron memory devices on some of the major chip-set vendor platforms in US and Asia markets running Android/Windows OS; to support various design wins and OEM engagements with TAM of >200ku/month.* Performance characterization on various enabler platforms for competitor product evaluation/analysis.* Support optimization of systems for use with Micron memory by providing tweaked/recommended register settings.* Perform Timing and Signal Integrity Analysis on pre-production mobile platforms for end OEM customers and provide risk assessment/feedback.* Create application notes and other technical documents related to the memory usage in cell phone applications.* Provide technical training to interns/new recruits/customers/FAE's on Micron devices and internal processes.

Assisted the applications team in creating reference design (ASSP) and board bring up for SAS Flash Controller. Set up lab environment to recreate and analyze customer issues on storage protocol based systems. • Responsibilities included creation and running of functional validation test plans for SAS Flash Controller; board level debug to ensure link-up, discovery.• Assisted in performance characterization for SAS Protocol Controllers, collection of firmware trace and memory dumps from host bus adapter registers; embedded firmware debug.• Developed Perl based tool for configuring, running and reporting tests on MaxRaid and Adaptec SAS RAID Controllers.• Built and flashed firmware images onto controller flash memory using command line tools and GHS Probe.• Prepared customer deliverable application notes; device data sheet errata and supporting wiki pages.• Trained in different storage protocols/products like PCIe, SCSI, SAS, SATA, Flash, SSD, RAID.

Worked as an Intern at Digital Technology Lab Corporation for MORI SEIKI. I create test strategies and automation framework to debug 3D graphic CAD/CAM simulation software.

Prepared training materials to be presented to state agencies and conducted research activities for smart grid security and communications.

Worked for Quality Assurance Team as a part of XEROX Host DDF. My work involved verification and validation of XEROX Printer and Scanner device drivers . It included setting up of test environments according to client specifications involving various scenarios on different Operating Systems. Performed Functional,Regression testing,black box, white box testing, filing and tracking defects on Rational Clear Quest, assisting development team in fixing those defects. Test development and automation on different printer management tools.