Akhil Ramesh
Palakkad
Summary
Electronics & Instrumentation Engineer experienced in system-level validation, hardware bring-up, and firmware testing across Intel platforms. Achieved comprehensive hardware setup and processor-level validation through effective communication and technical expertise. Focused on progressing into core technical and product leadership roles.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Freelance - Technical Sales & Client Engagement
Financial Services / Trading Domain
Remote
10.2025 - 01.2026
- Successfully referred and onboarded multiple clients to brokerage and funded account platforms, contributing to partner revenue growth
- Generated leads and converted prospects through digital communication, targeted outreach, and performance-driven campaigns
- Executed affiliate marketing strategies in trading domain, promoting brokers and funded account programs to successfully acquire and onboard clients
- Maintained client relationships through ongoing engagement and support, enhancing loyalty and increasing repeat participation
- Explained complex technical and financial products in a simplified manner to improve client understanding and decision-making
Lead Engineer - Platform Validation
HCL Technologies (Client: Intel)
Bangalore
05.2021 - 09.2025
- Led system-level validation across Intel server and client platforms, ensuring functional reliability across hardware and firmware layers
- Executed end-to-end platform testing, validating hardware connections, configuration, and functionality to optimize system performance
- Conducted fault analysis and error-handling validation, identifying system behavior under failure scenarios to enhance reliability
- Utilized hardware debugging tools (JTAG, Dediprog, KVM) to analyze issues and support root cause identification
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues, improving system stability and reliability
- Assembled and configured processors on platforms and validated system behavior with different processor versions
- Performed hardware bring-up activities in lab environments, including complete system setup for servers and laptops, ensuring operational readiness
Associate Validation Engineer
UST Global (Client: Intel)
Bangalore
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Performed functional, regression, and platform validation testing, ensuring quality across multiple release cycles and enhancing product reliability
- Executed system-level testing on Intel platforms, validating hardware-software integration stability to support reliable product performance
- Contributed to defect tracking, analysis, and resolution, collaborating with development teams to improve issue resolution efficiency
- Supported hardware setup and configuration for validation cycles to facilitate thorough testing
Education
B.Tech - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
CUSAT University
Kochi01-2017
Diploma - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic College
Mattannur01-2014
Skills
- Platform architecture
- Analog & Digital Electronics
- Circuit Understanding
- Device bring-up
- System Assembly
- Processor Testing
- Test automation
- Manual Testing
- Regression Testing
- System verification
- Firmware Testing
- Error testing
- Linux (RHEL)
- Windows
- Simics
- SimCloud
- Multimeter
- JTAG
- Dediprog
- KVM
- GitHub
- Python fundamentals
- CAF Automation Framework
- JIRA
- HP ALM
- Hardware debugging
- Microsoft office
- Supervision and leadership
Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Malayalam
Native
Native
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Freelance - Technical Sales & Client Engagement
Financial Services / Trading Domain
10.2025 - 01.2026
Lead Engineer - Platform Validation
HCL Technologies (Client: Intel)
05.2021 - 09.2025
Associate Validation Engineer
UST Global (Client: Intel)
01.2019 - 05.2021
B.Tech - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
CUSAT University
Diploma - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic College