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Siva Donthineni

@sivadonthineni

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I build embedded firmware and peripheral drivers for IoT, wireless, and MCU platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and validate embedded firmware, peripheral drivers, and real-time systems for IoT, wireless connectivity, or semiconductor MCU platforms, while contributing to hardware bring-up, system debugging, and SoC-level engineering.

I've built production firmware for SANDS India's IIoT metering and industrial automation products, including STM32 and RL78 peripheral drivers, 4G/GPRS and RF Mesh connectivity, energy-metering integrations, and OTA bootloaders that reduced field upgrade time by 75%.

At Silicon Labs, I validated EFR32 low-power wireless SoC peripherals through 45+ test cases, raising test coverage from 62% to 84%. I also bring hands-on firmware and board bring-up experience from IIT Hyderabad's 5G/6G research system, alongside gem5 work on ARM CPU pipelines, branch prediction, and cache policies.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Embedded Engineer Intern

Silicon Labs

Jan 2026 - Jun 2026 (5 months)

Contributed to embedded software validation and MCU platform bring-up, developing test firmware for peripheral interfaces and improving test coverage. Performed hardware bring-up and debugging using JTAG, GDB, and oscilloscope.

SPI I2C UART GPIO DMA FreeRTOS GDB Oscilloscopes

Embedded Engineer

SANDS India Pvt Ltd

Jul 2022 - Jun 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Developed production-ready embedded firmware for IIoT metering and industrial automation products, implementing peripheral drivers and communication stacks. Designed OTA bootloader and debugged firmware issues using oscilloscope and logic analyzer.

RL78 UART SPI I2C DMA FreeRTOS IPv6 UDP Oscilloscopes Logic Analyzers

Embedded Engineer Intern

IIT Hyderabad

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 (5 months)

Developed low-level C firmware for inter-SoC data path communication in a 5G/6G research system. Performed platform bring-up and validated OTA updates on ESP32 and Vaman boards.

ESP32 Vamana SPI I2C UART PlatformIO GCC Linux OTA

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Arizona State University

Master of Science, Computer Engineering

Pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Engineering with coursework in advanced computer architecture, embedded systems, and hardware-software interaction.

Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering

Earned a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering with coursework in microcontrollers, Internet of Things, and embedded systems.