Shekhar Kaushik
Customer Tools and Firmware Validation Engineer @ Sandisk
- Role
- Staff Engineer at Sandisk
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shekhar Kaushik
As a Firmware Validation Engineer, I work with Western Digital, one of the leading storage solutions providers, to validate the firmware of their ESSD NVMe devices. I have been working in this role for over eight years, delivering high-quality testing and automation services.I have a strong background in embedded systems design, with a PG diploma from C-DAC, Bangalore, and a B.Tech. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University. I am skilled in Python, bug tracking, smoke testing, performance testing, system testing, regression testing, test automation, and Linux. I am passionate about learning new technologies and enhancing my domain knowledge. I value teamwork, collaboration, and customer satisfaction.
Experience
Staff Engineer
Nov 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Tools QA with a primary focus on compatibility testing and qualification of client SSD (cSSD) and enterprise SSD (eSSD) drives across a wide range of operating systems (Windows, Linux distributions, and VMware ESXi) and hardware platforms (desktops, laptops, and server environments). Responsibilities included: Planning and executing compatibility test plans to validate drive functionality, performance, and stability across multiple OS versions, kernel builds, and firmware revisions. Cross-platform verification, ensuring SSD tools and utilities worked seamlessly regardless of hardware vendor or chipset differences (Intel, AMD, ARM-based platforms). Interoperability testing with varied storage interfaces such as SATA, NVMe, and PCIe generations. Regression and qualification cycles for each new release of SSD firmware or host software tools, ensuring backward compatibility and adherence to OEM and industry standards.
Education
C-DAC, Bangalore
PG diploma in Embedded System Design, Electronics
2014 — 2015
Maharshi Dayanand University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering
2009 — 2013
Skills
- Automation Testing
- C
- Programming
- Smoke Testing
- Testing
- Compatibility Testing
- Manual Testing
- Regression Testing
- Embedded Software
- Sanity Testing
- Embedded C
- Windows
- Jira
- Bug Tracking
- Embedded Operating Systems
- Python
- Linux
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