Ananya Solanki

About Ananya Solanki

Experienced embedded software engineer with 3 years of hands-on experience at Thales, specializing in developing high-quality solutions for payments and general hardware security module (HSM). Highly proficient in C/C++ language and skilled in PowerPC/ARMv8 using Yocto/bitbake build environment, with expertise in board bring-up, platform testing, and secure boot implementation. Proficient in using NXP provided Layerscape SDK. Actively seeking new opportunities in the field.

Experience

1. Embedded Software Engineer

   Thales

   Dec 2022 — Present · Plantation, FL, US

   Analyzed customer requirements and developed new features in compliance with FIPS 140, PCI-HSM, and NIST 180 standards, ensuring security and reliability for PayShield 10k/Cosmo payment hardware security modules (HSMs)• Designed & customized bootloaders (U-Boot), Linux kernel, Linux Device Tree, root file systems, and BSPs for LX2160A SoC platforms• Performed board bring-up & hardware initialization (RCW, BL2, DDR, BL31/32/33, DPAA, bootscripts, device tree, Linux kernel)• Implemented PKI-based authentication mechanisms for secure boot & communications• Implemented & optimized cryptographic algorithms (AES, 3DES, RSA, ECDSA) for secure communication, key management, and hardware-accelerated encryption/decryption• Worked on OTA update flows for secure firmware deployment, ensuring robustness and integrity of field upgrades• Developed & debugged device drivers for peripheral interfaces: SPI, I2C, USB, UART/RS-232, RS-422, Ethernet (TCP/IP, UDP), PCIe• Programmed Arm Cortex-M4/M7 microcontrollers in bare-metal & RTOS environments (FreeRTOS, VxWorks-like) for low-latency real-time operations• Built & validated real-time embedded firmware supporting hardware security features like Advanced Sector Protection & persistent protection bits in NOR/serial flash• Enhanced security by implementing TLS 1.3 protocol stack across interfaces while maintaining TLS 1.2 backward compatibility• Containerized applications with Docker, automated CI/CD builds, and created Yocto recipes for reproducible embedded Linux builds• Performed file system operations (ext4, UBIFS) & optimized boot performance on resource-constrained devices• Utilized JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers & hardware debuggers for low-level bring-up and failure analysis• Practiced MISRA C/C++ secure coding standards, code reviews, static analysis (Coverity), unit testing• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, managing Bitbucket/GitLab repos, Yocto/BitBake environments & Agile/Scrum workflows

Education

• Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science, Indore

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech

  2017 — 2021

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS

  2021 — 2022