# Gopalakrishnan K

> Principal Engineer @ Marvell Technology

Location: Fremont, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gopalakrishnan

·	13+ Years of Experience in Software Testing and Development for various network/telecom/optical products.
·	Extensive experience in Network/Telecom product testing [Optical Transponders, Mobile Access Gateways and Data Center Switches]
·	Extensive experience in testing ACL, QOS and SPAN features in Cisco Nexus 9000 series products.
·	Extensive experience in Layer 2/Layer 3 Network protocols like VLAN, STP/RSTP, LAG, OSPF, BFD, LLDP, and VRRP.
·	Experience in testing WiMAX/GGSN/LTE Gateways.
·	Extensive experience in Test automation in Python, Perl and Java and TestNG based automation framework.
·	Experience in handling wide range of testing tools both hardware and software based.
·	Strong debugging/problem solving skills in identifying the root cause of issues.
·	Proficient in coding in C, C++ and Java.
·	Experience in development of test software (C/C++ test application) for unit/functional testing.
·	Hands on with version controlling of test automation scripts with CVS and GIT.
·	Extensive experience in developing test plans, review and version controlling.
·	Experience in leading offshore teams and involved in effort estimation, planning and tracking.
·	Extensive experience with defect tracking tools.

## Work Experience
### Principal Engineer @ Marvell Technology
Jan 2021 – Present

### Principal Engineer @ Marvell Technology
Jan 2021 – Present

### Principal Engineer @ Innovium Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Sr. Technical Lead @ Innovium Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Jose

### Technical Lead @ Cisco
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Test Engineer @ Cisco
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr. Tech Manager @ HCL America Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Vienna, VA
Client - Ericsson Inc
Domain/Technology - Networking.(L2/L3 Protocol Testing)
Testing Tools - Java, TestNG, Perl

### Technical Manager @ HCL America Inc.
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Chennai
Client - Tellabs Inc and Ericsson Inc
Domain/Technology - Telecom/Networking.(WiMax/LTE/GGSN Gateways)
Testing Tools  - Spirent Test Center, Landslide, Ixia IxExplorer,
Languages, Scripting - C, Perl, Java.

### Sr. Technical Lead @ HCL America Inc.
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | Los Gatos, CA
Client - Opnext Inc, Stratalight Communications
Domain/Technology - Optical Networking. (Optical Transponders System).
Testing Tools - GPIB based Optical Measuring Instruments, Optical Analyzers.
Languages, Scripting, Platform - C/C++, TCL in Linux.

### Member Technical Staff @ HCL America Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Chennai
Client - PMC Sierra
Domain/Technology - Telecom/Networking.(Multi-Service Residential Gateway Devices)
Test Tools - C, Tcl, GLCOMM-DCOSS, TELTONE and GIPS.
Languages/Scripting - C, Tcl.

### Software Engr @ Satyam Computer services Limited
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
Client - GE Inc
Domain/Technology - Embedded Systems.(Substation Data Gateway)
Languages/Tools - C, C++ in Linux Environment. Rational tools.

### Research Fellow-A @ Aeronautical Development Agency
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005
Domain/Technology - Avionics.


## Education
### BE in Electrical and Electronics
KLNCE


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kgopalakrishnan

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Source: https://flows.cv/gopalakrishnan
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gopalakrishnan/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-12