Senior Technology Consultant specialising in embedded firmware, FPGA design, and real-time systems. Bridging deep technical execution with strategic technology consulting.
Get in Touch →With over four decades of hands-on experience in embedded systems, firmware engineering, and FPGA development, I bring a rare combination of deep technical expertise and consulting-level strategic thinking to every engagement.
Based in Bangalore, India, I work with technology companies — from startups to established enterprises — across industries including defence, aerospace, industrial automation, communications, and medical devices.
My approach is pragmatic: I solve real engineering problems without over-engineering solutions. Whether it's stabilising legacy firmware, designing custom FPGA IP, or defining a technology roadmap, I deliver results that are maintainable, reliable, and fit for purpose.
Bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for ARM Cortex-M/A, STM32, TI MSP430/C2000. FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks. Device drivers, bootloaders, OTA updates.
RTL design in VHDL and Verilog on Xilinx (Vivado) and Intel/Altera platforms. Custom IP cores, DSP pipelines, high-speed interfaces, and timing closure.
Software-defined radio implementation, waveform design, and mobile ad-hoc networking (MANET) protocols for defence and communications applications.
UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS-485/Modbus, Ethernet, USB, PCIe. Board bring-up, hardware debugging, oscilloscope and logic analyser proficiency.
Medical device firmware (IEC 62304 awareness), industrial control, and aerospace monitoring systems. Structured development, traceability, and testing.
Architecture reviews, technology roadmaps, vendor assessment, make-vs-buy analysis, and executive-level technical advisory for product teams.
Consulting across firmware, FPGA, and embedded systems for clients in India, Europe, and the Middle East. Engagements spanning defence communications (SDR/MANET), industrial IoT, medical devices, and aerospace monitoring. Clients include startups building first hardware products and established companies modernising legacy platforms.
Led firmware and FPGA development across multiple organisations in the defence, telecom, and industrial sectors. Responsibilities included team leadership, architecture ownership, hardware bring-up, and delivery of production-grade embedded software for safety-critical and communications applications.
Vehicle tracking systems (GSM/GPS, low-power operation) · Medical device firmware (ECG data acquisition) · Airborne FPGA interface boards · SDR waveform platforms · RS-485/Modbus industrial controllers · MANET protocol stacks · Custom ARM SoC firmware.
After several decades writing assembly, C, VHDL and SystemVerilog across embedded systems and FPGA development, here is what I have actually found from a year of daily use.
Future article: practical examples and lessons learned from real FPGA, embedded Linux and communications projects.
Available for consulting engagements, short- and long-term contracts, and technical advisory roles.