Master's in Electronics Engineering

FUDAN University, Shanghai, China
Specialized in Electronics Engineering with focus on embedded systems, high speed electronics, HDL Based design and advanced digital systems.

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

COMSATS University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Specialized in Electronics Engineering with focus on embedded systems, electrical engineering, and digital systems.

Embedded Software Engineer - createq

BRIQX IoT Platform
• Built ESP-IDF 5.3 firmware platform powering 4 commercial product lines — BRIQX Audio AIO, Cove AIO, Multicast sender, and ClearWaterNow ultrasonic controllers
• Designed dual-MCU UART protocol (40+ commands, 3,200+ LOC) with XMODEM OTA orchestration across WiFi-connected ESP32 and audio co-processor
• Delivered MQTT fleet telemetry, mobile remote QR sessions, speaker install wizard, and Vividtech display integration for retail venues

Multi-Speaker USB Audio Host (NXP i.MX RT1021)
• Developed USB audio host firmware streaming to 4 simultaneous retail speakers via hub with persistent serial-based binding
• Implemented per-port hub power control, speaker hot-swap recovery during playback, and remote OTA via MCUBoot + XMODEM
• Built SD + Bluetooth I2S audio mux and deterministic speaker enumeration for venue installations

BRIQX Fleet Cloud Dashboard & Factory Tooling
• Contributed to Next.js + FastAPI + TimescaleDB platform managing hundreds of retail devices: dual OTA, media push, fleet analytics, GDPR compliance
• Built Python factory provisioning tool automating USB detect → cloud register → credential burn → QR label for batch manufacturing

Software Engineer - AMD

AI Adoption for Kernel Log Analysis (August 2024 – Present)
• Proposed and secured leadership buy-in for an AI-driven tool to assist kernel developers in triaging errors
• Led cross-team collaboration (IQE, CVS, and Linux kernel teams) to integrate LLM-based analysis of kernel logs, reducing manual effort and improving issue triaging efficiency
• Designed and implemented a Go-based framework to parse and categorize kernel logs before passing them to the LLM for actionable insights

Unified RAS Tool Development (January 2024 – July 2024)
• Contributed to unifying the RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) Tool as a Linux userspace toolkit across multiple ASICs
• Worked closely with senior developers to add new hardware support and refactor existing codebase for maintainability and scalability

RAS Tool for Virtualization (September 2024 – December 2024)
• Enhanced the RAS Tool to simulate hardware error cases, validating driver compatibility under virtualization environments
• Developed features supporting SR-IOV use cases with multiple VMs on server-class infrastructure

IQE Testing Framework for Data Center GPUs (February 2024 – August 2024)
• Gained hands-on expertise in the Linux kernel development and integration process
• Performed regression and integration testing of kernel patches and firmware
• Built a Bash-based CI automation framework for test execution, later leading its migration to a Pytest framework for better maintainability and extensibility
• Partnered with developers and QA teams to accelerate debugging and improve release quality

Embedded Software Engineer - Espressif Systems

Key Responsibilities
• Designed and maintained production-ready embedded software for ESP32-based IoT devices using C/C++
• Integrated device drivers (I2C/SPI/UART) and implemented Matter protocol support for smart home applications
• Developed customer-facing solutions and work with them to provide them end to end support

Key Technical Projects

ESP32 Smart Knob Controller (Aug 2023 – Dec 2023)
• Architected Matter-compliant smart home rotary controller with sub-millisecond response times
• Developed advanced encoder driver with hardware interrupt-driven quadrature decoding
• Implemented complete Matter protocol stack with Thread/Wi-Fi networking and device commissioning
• Designed LVGL-based GUI for real-time monitoring and control interface

ESP-FOC Driver Development (Aug 2023 – Dec 2023)
• Engineered Field-Oriented Control driver for ESP32 achieving 95%+ motor efficiency
• Implemented Clarke/Park transformations and Space Vector Modulation algorithms
• Developed hardware abstraction layer supporting 8+ motor driver chipsets (DRV8302, DRV8313)
• Created real-time control framework with 20kHz deterministic control loops

ESP-BOX AI Assistant (May 2023 – July 2023)
• Integrated ESP-BOX with OpenAI APIs, developing C library and LVGL-based GUI chatbot for edge AI
• Reduced latency issues on constrained devices through optimized implementation
• Enabled TinyUF2 bootloader support for secure and simplified firmware deployment

Matter Button Driver (Jan 2023 – Apr 2023)
• Developed Matter-compliant button driver enabling single button to perform multiple tasks without breaking APIs
• Created Arduino wrapper for easy customer adoption of Matter-compliant devices
• Provided end-to-end support for Matter certification including software alignment and UL lab testing

ESP Edge AI Framework (Sep 2022 – Jan 2023)
• Delivered customer-facing Edge AI solutions on ESP32-S3, strengthening real-world application adoption
• Deployed CNN-based hand gesture recognition achieving ~0.7s on-device inference without cloud dependency
• Built human activity recognition model using accelerometer data + ESP-DL
• Developed Python Tkinter GUI for training & deploying custom AI models, simplifying customer onboarding

Engineering Intern - Shanghai Fulllight Technology

Interior Car Lamp Feedback System
• Designed feedback control system with Melexis 81118 IC using C programming for real-time color temperature correction
• Implemented PWM-based voltage adjustment achieving precise automotive lighting control
• Conducted research on circadian light effects with experimental design and data analysis using Python and SPSS
• Developed embedded control algorithms for adaptive automotive lighting systems

Graduate Management Trainee - TEC Engineering Consultant

• Set up WCDMA and LTE testing environments using Linux and Shell scripting
• Configured Radio Base Stations (RBS) and executed verification tests for telecom features
• Gained experience with Git/Gerrit, JIRA, and Agile methodologies