Rakesh Kumar Chinhara

About Rakesh Kumar Chinhara

Engineering Leader.17+ years SW/FW Development Experience- System Engineering design, Apps- System SW-Embedded Firmware.Successfully led/set up semiconductor / Storage / Cloud Product and services companies (Micron / IBM / Calsoft / HCL etc)- Embedded Functional from scratch and expanded various functions and portfolio from engineering to leadership role. Experience in Leading all engineering functions (Sys Arch, System Design, LAB design and administration, Product management, Software & Firmware development, validation, Test QA, Verification, Operations for CAPEX and OPEX planning)Specialties: Storage and Memory- Cloud, Data Center and NAND Solutions.(SSD, Mobile, IOT, Data center, Storage, security solutions, semiconductor)SSD Qualification - Experience in Post silicon Validation on Different Architectures (x86 and ARM). & SSD Product Validation and Product Compliance- Experience in NVMe,PCIe, SATA Certification and qualifications.(PyNVMe, UNHIOl and Compliance * analyze qualification through Protocol Analyzer (VAVI & Lecroy )- Experience in SSD Thermal, Power characterization- Validation Done on Bootloaders, Linux Kernel and Linux device drivers for different chipsets- Validation script development, Debug, and Execution of High speed and Low-speed peripherals- Worked on Validating IP\'s like PHISON ControllerHaving Hands on expert on Post Silicon Validation, NAS,SAN and Compute storage, Storage Virtualization, Data replication, Data Recovery, Disaster recovery, Volume Manager,CIFS/NFS, Storage Clustering, Cloud Computing, AWS web Services,Test Planning, Test strategy, FC FCOE, NVMe, iSCSI & iSER and IP based network design and implementation, SSD, File system, Caching Solutions, RAID Technology, Multipath, object storage, API Verification, scale-out product, Block Filter Driver, Flash Arrays, Firmware qualification and validationI have worked on different features of SAN Volume Controller(SVC) and Storwize, such as FC and iSER(RDMA) Clustering, and Host attach with iSER RDMA, Replication, Easy Tier, Stretched Clustering, Scripting Knowledge - Shell and PythonProducts Expertise : EMC Clariion, IBM Storage, Netapp Filer, Cisco UCS, Emc IOMEGA, QNAP Box and VMware Backup Expertise - EMC Networkers, Symantec Netbackup, Atmos Cloud - AWS, Microsoft Azure, Blue mix, Docker, kubernet services

Experience

1. Staff System Design Engineer

   Micron Technology

   Jan 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Experienced Product Development Leader and Systems Design Specialist in SSD SolutionsProven track record in memory technologies, including NAND, PCIe, NVMe, and SSD products. Adept at leading end-to-end product development, from concept to deployment, ensuring alignment with customer specifications and industry standards.Key strengths include:Product Development Life Cycle Management – Planning, execution, and delivery of complex SSD systems.Systems & Software Design – High-level and low-level requirements, detailed architecture, and gap analysis.Customer Engagement – Specification compilation, review, and compliance.Innovation & Research – Filed 15+ Invention Disclosure Forms (IDFs) and authored papers on NAND architecture, memory blocks, Thermal,Power and design optimization.Expertise in SMART Triage, time optimization strategies, and CVE vulnerability management for secure and efficient product delivery.

Education

• Krupajal Engineering College

  B-Tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2003 — 2007

• Maharishi College of natural Law

  12th, Science

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• Windows Server
• Regression Testing
• Emc Storage
• Functional Testing
• Sanity Testing
• Raid
• Integration Testing
• Brocade Fibre Switches
• Stress Testing
• Dell Poweredge Servers
• Cisco Nexus
• Load Testing
• Storage Virtualization
• Network Administration
• Manual Testing
• Test Planning
• Performance Testing
• Storage Testing
• Netapp Filers
• Linux System Administration
• System Testing
• Fiber Optic Networks
• Testing