Neeraj Joshi
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic Senior Principal System Development Engineer with 15+ years experience and extensive experience at DELL INDIA, excelling in server storage product development and team leadership. Proven track record of 22 patents and multiple awards, showcasing expertise in debugging SATA/SAS/NVMe technologies while effectively managing vendor relationships and customer escalations. Passionate about driving innovation and excellence in engineering.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Principal System Development Engineer
DELL INDIA R&D center
Bangalore
08.2013 - Current
- Server Storage Firmware development Lead engineer (managing 14 team members) and debug engineer for the Dell Server Storage controllers (SATA/SAS/NVME)
- Managing Partner relationship (Marvell, Broadcom) & Dell extended team in Austin, Taiwan & China to develop the server storage controllers’ products.
- Define & Design system product features and technical implementation (related to OPROM/UEFI, I2C, OS, Power & Thermal) methods based on marketing/customer requirements.
- End to End ownership & Collaborating with extended team from developing the product to its sustenance phase (including customer issue engagement)
- Guide & Mentor development engineers team members on debugging the incoming defects filed by test organization & field issue
- Expertise on analyzing the SATA & PCIe & I2C traces for troubleshooting the defects.
- Track program status on weekly basis and represent to senior executives (VP’s) forums.
- Played key role on setting up Server storage engineering team in Bangalore (Team size from 4- 35 engineers)
Senior Test Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Bangalore
03.2011 - 08.2013
- Performed Legacy and UEFI based BIOS testing and Functional Testing on Power, Thermal & System Validation–Debug tools used for Desktop, Mobile and server CPU/APU bring up.
- Validated functional behavior of P-states/C-states and thermal control features (as per design specifications laid out in the BIOS & Kernel Development Guide (BKDG)
- Validation of System Stress tool on the platforms to determine stability of processors.
Test Engineer
UST Global
Bangalore
08.2010 - 02.2011
- Performing Graphics Functional test (HDMI, DP and LVDS) and Power Management Test
- Responsible for first level root-cause & debug
- Helping client to modify the test case based on our testing and new features.
On Job Trainee – Product Engineering Group
HCL Infosystems Limited
Puducherry
08.2008 - 07.2010
- Validate various Intel and AMD Desktop/Laptops and server motherboards. Releasing Bios, Drivers for Respective platforms and delivering the same from Bring up to Production.
- Working closely with the ODM vendors like Asus, Inventec, Intel for product.
- Analyzing and resolution of technical issues faced in factory production line and in Customer field.
- Prepared Automation scripts for automation testing in production line by using AutoIT Software.
Education
Diploma (L.E.) - Information Technology
Krishnaswamy Memorial polytechnic college
Cuddalore, IndiaB.C.A(L.E.) -
Tamil Nadu University
Skills
- Lead engineer and people management skills
- Server storage product development
- System design
- Team leadership
- Debugging techniques
- Vendor management
- Managing customer escalations
- Storage (SATA/SAS/NVMe) & RAID Technology
- Technical issue debug engineer (SATA, SAS & NVMe Debug using protocol Analyzer)
- Server Platform Power & Thermal
- Automation (AutoIT/Python)
Accomplishments
1. 12 authorized patents in the career, which were filed in the USPTO (12 granted)
2. Dell India Invention of the Year 2016 Award for the top 10 innovations of the year
3. Dell Innovation Champion Award for the year 2018
4. Got the opportunity to meet Mr Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, on patent dinner for achieving patent milestone
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Tamil
- Kannada
- French (Low)
Areas Of Interest
- Project management
- Product development
- People Management
- Server product
- System Engineering
- Storage Testing
- Defect triaging
- Automation
- New Technologies Awareness
- Exploring new ideas on technology
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Ganesh Joshi
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Senior Principal System Development Engineer
DELL INDIA R&D center
08.2013 - Current
Senior Test Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
03.2011 - 08.2013
Test Engineer
UST Global
08.2010 - 02.2011
On Job Trainee – Product Engineering Group
HCL Infosystems Limited
08.2008 - 07.2010
Diploma (L.E.) - Information Technology
Krishnaswamy Memorial polytechnic college
B.C.A(L.E.) -
Tamil Nadu University
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