Manikandan Thirunavukkarasu

About Manikandan Thirunavukkarasu

Principal SW Engineer Hardware Diagnostics and Telemetry services Architect for AI, HPC SKU in Azure DC Firmware Integration and Validation Architect for GPU AI SKU in Cloud Infra engineering at DC Server platform validation Lead/Architect & debug engineer for Xeon Server platforms Good knowledge of System Architecture & IP technologies Hands on experience in validating server platform from OS, Python based,ASD and Electrical level Experience in Networking, Storage, Memory, Virtualization Sub system and rest of the domains like PM & RAS Tech Lead in HSIO Sub system – design, validation and debug of Tests on PCIe, UPI technologies Expertise in designing tests in validating system under different workloads, tools and interop scenarios Strong debugging skill in analyzing Interop technology issues ISTQB certified - Verification Architect in wireless domain with experience in technical and verification project management Modem Validation Architect in 5G, 4G multi product modem chipset & Dual SIM Verification Architect for customer products Worked as Technical verification lead – responsible for complete feature verification from Pre Silicon to Post Silicon to product maturity Responsible from concept to test case definition phase, discussion with vendors for feature road map support, enabling test case design, identifying test scope for different verification functions like Lab test, FT, LAB KPI, Stability test, FRT etc Good knowledge in Modem cellular architecture and design, Sound knowledge in LTE, IMS, WCDMA, 2G rat’s and 3GPP features Verification XFT Feature Lead in E2E Multimode Modem Chipset verification and management includes Pre Silicon & Post Silicon activities Bring up, Functional, Stability, GCF/Conformance, Performance KPI & Operator certifications Worked in Android AP+CP integrated modem chipset product as Feature verification lead Expert in handling all system simulators and call box for multirat/protocol tester, good exposure in Field testing, IOT and NV IOT Exposure to network side architecture and activity – involved in IMS Diameter protocol testing, Good exposure to IMS/VOLTE features in UE and core network side Network test engineer in deploying REL-4 –NSN DX 200 platform on MSS, MGW and HSS. Involved in Commissioning, SW loading and Customer acceptance testing

Experience

1. Principal Firmware Engineer

   Microsoft

   Jan 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Data Center Microsoft Azure Cloud Hardware Infrastructure and Engineering team

Education

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), MBA, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• Indian School of Business

  Leadership Essentials, Leading Self, Team, Managing Stakeholders, Leading change

Skills

• Test Cases
• Functional Testing
•  Automation : Atlet, Command Handler, Bulk.
• Lins, Clearcase, Source Insight, Trace32, Lauterb,Debugmux,Purecov, Act,
• Gsm,Gprs,Egpr
• Regression Testing
• Wcdma
• Hsdpa
• 3g
• Clearcase
• Shell Scripting
• Python
• Mobile Devices
• System Testing
• Linux
• Testing
• Field Testing
• Manual Testing
• Lte
• C
• Tcl,Shell, Anite –Tesla, Anite-Sas, Anritsu (Tesla-Motapp)and C
• 3gpp
• Mobility Testing
• Xml
• Wireless Protocols