• Own connectivity-critical firmware components forming the foundation of Wi-Fi functionality across control and data planes.

• Designed and implemented MLO features, including link selection, TID-to-link mapping, link mapping, and rTWT.

• Implemented single-link eMLSR, enabling efficient multi-link operation on single-radio platforms.

• Built robust state machines and control flows to handle real-world congestion, roaming, and power-transition scenarios.

• Led datapath debugging and optimization in high-congestion environments during product ramp.

• Partnered with hardware and platform teams to debug cross-layer connectivity issues spanning firmware and system behavior.

• Resolved Wi-Fi 6E commercialization issues for Galaxy S25FE, enabling successful mass production.

• Lead Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) firmware development and commercialization for Samsung flagship Galaxy devices (S25 / S25+ / S25 Ultra).

• Designed and implemented Wi-Fi power-save protocols for 802.11ax and early 802.11be mobile chipsets.

• Developed power-aware connectivity algorithms balancing performance, reliability, and energy efficiency.

• Designed adaptive Wi-Fi Calling power-save mechanisms using cellular feedback, achieving ~20% power reduction while maintaining voice quality.

• Built MLO link-selection algorithms based on reliability, congestion, power profile, and throughput needs.

• Implemented eMLSR entry, transition, and link-selection logic aligned with IEEE 802.11be standards.

• Optimized HAL sleep-to-wake and wake-to-sleep paths, improving end-to-end connectivity responsiveness.

• Collaborated across firmware, hardware, and platform teams to resolve complex, multi-component connectivity issues.

• Implemented Always-ON TWT, improving Wi-Fi power savings by ~25%.

• Collaborated across firmware, hardware, and platform teams to resolve complex, multi-component connectivity issues.

Architected, designed and implemented Hardware abstraction layer (HAL) module of security, MAC and power save.

CCMP and GCMP crypto validation using inline and non-inline encryption engine.

Bare metal API's development.

Proposed and implemented adaptive wakeup for beacon algorithm at protocol layer helped to get best current consumption numbers in IEEE PS.

Designed and implemented thermal management to manage chip temperature using SW provisions.

Work on creating validation plan, SW development of validation plan and coordinated efforts with other teams.

Work with HW team on pre silicon validation and provide inputs to HW team for changing SW demands and align chip design.

Coordinated debug effort to give debug direction to HW team based on SW experiments.

SW fragmentation and MPDU buffer optimizations inside FW covering all AMSDU packet sizes.

Filed patents in IEEE Power save and thermal management areas.

Working as wireless firmware and driver developement engineer. Expertise in IEEE power save, WifiDirect etc.

Contributed to Wi-Fi Direct Protocol project from the specification discussions, implementation interop events (plugfests) and implementation phase to productization phase of this project.

Implemented all major features of this project which includes P2P device discovery, group formation to power save support. The design of this protocol has been done in three ways as per customer requirements.