Amit Sahare

About Amit Sahare

M. Tech in electronics, VJTI (20••••07). Has over 16.5 years of experience in semiconductor organizations (Western Digital /Sandisk, Samsung, Toshiba, Patni computers) in the field of storage validation for end-to-end system design verification. • End to end system design verification in platforms (laptops, desktops, workstations) validation/Testing of SSDs • Project Planning and Management • FW validation of Client SSDs • Software Testing architect, Software Quality Analyst, Quality control, Quality assurance • DFMEA Task force creation and implementation • Product Risk Management • Testing methodologies and all aspects to handle in projects • OEM Platforms lab architecture design • Executive/Third party/stake holder discussion & communication • Project planning, requirements and strategy/proposal creation, Risk management, customer failures for validation projects by creating task force, DFMEA • Development of comprehensive validation roadmap for parallel projects, outlining scope, timelines, resource and deliveries • NVMe/SATA SSD FW testing lab creation which includes procurement of laptops, desktops, workstation, debug infrastructure, failure analysis equipment, different chipsets Flavors of intel and amd • As V&V architect, hiring talent, designing validation lab, infrastructure for automation and manual testing • Engineering design document creation for the multiple OEMs (OEMs (HP, Dell, Lenovo, ACER, ASUS, Huawei, Samsung, MSFT, LG, Retail) for V&V programs • As senior validation analyst, define/design process, tests strategy, deployment in the beginning/critical phase of program for validation working with business, technical and marketing team • NVMe protocol, compliance, certifications, marketing requirements gathering and analysis • Executive leadership, global stakeholder, marketing presentation for the projects progress, risks, reports and critical blockers • DFMEA (Design failure mode and effective analysis) for critical products to identify the probable areas prone to failure • ECO System validation with pre released version of OS for multiple OEMs • Cross team/functional interaction and tracking of defects, presenting in the PDTs (Product dev team) • Platform subject matter expert enablement in bios, chipsets, windows, events logs, kernel areas • System level design review of the OEM requirements, tests, tools, lab infra for SSD products • Creation of the effective task force team for performance, power, root cause analysis • Establishing and Leading 50+ members team of FTEs, contractors for product validation

Experience

1. Technologist

   Sandisk

   Apr 2025 — Present

Education

• Mumbai University

  Master's degree

  2005 — 2007

• Gurunanak Jr. College

  HSSC

• Nagpur University

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

  1999 — 2003

• Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Katol Road

  Bachelor's degree