# Astha Keshan > Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/asthakeshan Windows Snapdragon Compute team contributing towards the successful commercialization of the 8998, 850 and SC8180x product lines. Windows driver development, UEFI, ACPI, hardware board bring-up, debugging SOC platform issues. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer 2 @ Microsoft Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Software Engineer @ Qualcomm Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater San Diego Area Part of the Windows Platform team working on the latest ARM Compute SC8180x chipset: - Windows Drivers Development - Debugging stability and performance issues - ACPI, UEFI - Board bring-up - Debugger tools: Trace32, Windbg - Agile and Scrum methodology ### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15283 • Teaching Assistant for Mechatronic Design (18-540) January - May 2017 • Teaching Assistant for Analog Circuits and Devices (18-220) January 2016 - May 2017 • Grader for Signals and Systems (18-290) January – December 2015 • Supplemental Instructor for Physics I January – May 2016 • EXCEL Leader for Physics II August 2014 – May 2016 - Assumed a leadership position providing academic assistance to groups of 70 students - Mentor for other Supplemental Instructors/EXCEL Leaders ### Product Engineer Intern @ Swift Navigation Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 • Integrating Piksi (Swift Navigation’s GPS RTK system) into a ROS based rover to demonstrate the use of precision GPS as the primary sensor to control an automotive • Python GUI work on the Piksi Console ## Education ### Master's degree in Electric and Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ### Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electrical and Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ### Bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/astha-keshan --- Source: https://flows.cv/asthakeshan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/asthakeshan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29