PRAVEEN HADIMANI
Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft
BANGALORE
Summary
Experienced design and development professional (Embedded) with over a decade (10+ years) of expertise. Specialized in Windows device driver development for Microsoft Surface products, focusing on power and thermal solutions. Also skilled in Linux device driver and firmware development for Qualcomm 802.11 Wi-Fi access points.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
MICROSOFT
Bengaluru
03.2021 - Current
- Working hard to bring out the best battery life, and thermals for Surface Laptops, Studios, Pros, Books
- Working hard to bring out the best battery life, and thermals for Surface Laptops, Studios, Pros, Books
- System Management Framework - Windows driver that controls power/thermal for Surface products
- SMF Client Drivers - Surface Thermal Policy Driver, Surface System Telemetry Driver
- Surface CPU Client Driver
- PCC - ML based Predictive Charge Control for increased battery life span
- Smart Slider - ML based smart sliders based on user app category usage
- Low Power Mode - a feature that helps users get all day battery life on Surface Products
- Designed and Deployed Power/Thermal Telemetry Dashboards for all Surface Products
- Converted multiple drivers from KMDF to UMDF to prevent complete system failure
- Implemented Generic Telemetry Infrastructure for all subsystems
Senior Engineer
QUALCOMM
Bengaluru
04.2017 - 03.2021
- Feature Optimizations and Implementations:
- Optimizations on Init/De-Init of 802.11ax Data Path Rings and Data Structures
- Avoided memory fragmentation issues by retaining memory across Wi-Fi Init/De-Init
- Host Memory Optimizations in NSS Wi-Fi offload mode
- Saved 1.3 MB of Dynamic Memory and around 10% static memory
- Multicast Enhancements - Mode 5 and 6 - HMMC List and Deny List
- Plume Link Quality Metrics - Tx/Rx PPDU Level Statistics for SU/MU Traffic
- Implemented and Maintaining Extended NSS Protocol for Qualcomm 802.11 Driver
- Implemented and Maintaining Proxy ARP Feature to Reduce Broadcast frames on Air
- Implemented Memory Debug Framework for Qualcomm 802.11 Driver
- Identifies Memory Leaks and SKB Leaks across Wi-Fi driver
- Debugging Memory Leak Issues using KASAN, KMEMLEAK and QDF Memory Debug tool
- Removed void pointers from Wi-Fi driver and implemented opaque structure pointers to avoid incorrect pointer usages
- Analyzing, Debugging and Fixing both Internal Issues and Customer Issues on Wi-Fi Host / NSS Wi-Fi offload Issues
- Mentoring Junior Engineers from quick Ramp-ups to Company Process and guiding in Technical Issues and Features
Wireless and Platform Engineer
FIRETIDE NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
Bengaluru
12.2015 - 04.2017
- Worked on 802.11n Wireless Mesh Networks using 802.11 ADHOC mode
- Implemented Abstract IPC Library on top of NANOMSG for FT Architecture
- Implemented System Monitor to monitor health of all C applications
- Implemented Node Recovery Feature
- Implemented Radio Silencing Feature
- Implemented 4-Way Handshake in 802.11 FT Driver
- Implemented Link Elimination Feature
- Analysis and Debugging of both Internal and Customer Issues
- Analyzed and Debugged Customer Issues at Customer onsite
Software Engineer
GLOBAL EDGE SOFTWARE LIMITED
Bengaluru
06.2014 - 12.2015
- Board Bring up of Micro Access point on STM32 Microcontroller using FreeRTOS
- Implemented Wireless Sniffer in C using PCAP Library
- Advanced Training on Linux Device Drivers, 802.11 Wireless Networks, Memory Management and C Programming
Education
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - Computer Science And Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Belgaum 08.2010 - 06.2014
Skills
C/C Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms
Linux Device Drivers
RTOS
Operating Systems
Windows Device Drivers
Feature Design
undefinedTimeline
Senior Software Engineer
MICROSOFT
03.2021 - Current
Senior Engineer
QUALCOMM
04.2017 - 03.2021
Wireless and Platform Engineer
FIRETIDE NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
12.2015 - 04.2017
Software Engineer
GLOBAL EDGE SOFTWARE LIMITED
06.2014 - 12.2015
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING - Computer Science And Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
08.2010 - 06.2014
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